Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Huánuco, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 9.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 7.7

mindat Locality ID: 24038
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24038.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Huánuco, Peru": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Dos De Mayo Province
Huamalíes Province
Lauricocha Province
Tantamayo Rhodonite Occurrence

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyroxmangite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Marcasite Melanterite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt
Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	9.2	7.7	2	96175,96177	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	9.2	7.7	3	96169,96170,96175	27770
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	9.2	7.7	1	96170	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9.2	7.7	1	96175	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	9.2	7.7	2	96169,96170	24243
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	9.2	7.7	1	96175	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	9.2	7.7	1	96171	915
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	9.2	7.7	4	96169,96170,96171,96175	39462
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃	9.2	7.7	1	96180	147
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9.2	7.7	1	96169	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	9.2	7.7	4	96169,96170,96179,96180	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	9.2	7.7	2	96169,96180	969
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	9.2	7.7	2	96169,96170	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	9.2	7.7	1	96170	5317

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedznpb-00367	9.2	7.7	9.2–7.7							Yes				5783	Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peru	Huanzala	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

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