Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cajamarca Province, Cajamarca, Peru

mindat Locality ID: 203374
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203374.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cajamarca Province, Cajamarca, Peru": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cajamarca
Encañada

Latitude: 7°7'2"S
Longitude: 78°34'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -7.1172222222222,-78.575

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Cristobalite	Kaolinite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel	Tridymite

Alunite ()*	Anatase ()*	Baryte ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*
Cristobalite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Halloysite-7Å ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Svanbergite ()*
Tridymite ()*

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 Ba Cu Fe H K Mg O P S Si Sr Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Baryte Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Cristobalite Kaolinite Mica None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Spinel Tridymite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	96046,96048	966
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	96048	2162
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	96046,96048	11547
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	96049	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	96050	577
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	2	96046,96048	453
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	96047	504
Halloysite-7Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	96046	52
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	8	96045,96046,96047,96048,96049,96050,96052,96053	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	96049	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	96048,96049,96052,96053	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	96044,96046	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	96049	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	96045,96047,96050,96052,96053	61156
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	2	96045,96047	105
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	96046	458

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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