Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chorobal Mine, Virù Province, La Libertad, Peru

mindat Locality ID: 203348
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203348.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chorobal Mine, Virù Province, La Libertad, Peru": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Clay	Diaspore	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None	Quartz

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Diaspore Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica None Quartz

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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