Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Ages for Malachite at Apurímac, Peru

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 36.5Ma - 31.2Ma at this locality

Age range from children

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
PorphCu-00523	36.5	34.7		Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite	Cu	206946	Chalcobamba Cu Deposit, Las Bambas District, Cotabambas Province, Apurímac, Peru	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00528	32.8	31.2		Antlerite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Digenite, Epidote, Ferrimolybdite, Goethite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Tenorite, Neotocite	Cu	206951	Los Chancas Cu Deposit, Aymaraes Province, Apurímac, Peru	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Specified age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
PorphCu-00528	32.8	31.2		Antlerite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Digenite, Epidote, Ferrimolybdite, Goethite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Tenorite, Neotocite	Cu	206951	Los Chancas Cu Deposit, Aymaraes Province, Apurímac, Peru	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Mineralization age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
PorphCu-00523	36.5	34.7		Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite	Cu	206946	Chalcobamba Cu Deposit, Las Bambas District, Cotabambas Province, Apurímac, Peru	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00527	36.8	35		Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	206950	Lahuani Cu Deposit, Antabamba Province, Apurímac, Peru	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00531	23	5.3		Alunite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Rutile, Sphalerite	Cu	206956	Cotabambas Cu-Au Deposit, Cotabambas Province, Apurímac, Peru	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00670	36.6	34.8			Cu	228082	Ccalla Cu Deposit, Cotabambas Province, Apurímac, Peru	Singer et al. (2005)	USGSOFR2005_1060