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 Marcasite at Cuzco, Peru

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 31Ma - 31Ma 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-00530	31	31		Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Digenite, Hematite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	206953	Coroccohuayco Cu Deposit, Ahuancata, Espinar Province, Cuzco, 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-00530	31	31		Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Digenite, Hematite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	206953	Coroccohuayco Cu Deposit, Ahuancata, Espinar Province, Cuzco, Peru	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Locality 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-00345	33	33		Albite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Digenite, Epidote, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Tenorite, Tremolite, Electrum	Cu	206008	Tintaya Mine, Ahuancata, Espinar Province, Cuzco, Peru	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00525	38	38		Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Hematite, Jarosite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite	Cu	206948	Quechua Cu Deposit, Ahuancata, Espinar Province, Cuzco, Peru	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00532	38.4	34		Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite, Epidote, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	206957	Antapaccay Cu-Au Deposit, Ahuancata, Espinar Province, Cuzco, Peru	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00550	36.6	34.8		Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Kaolinite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Sphalerite	Cu	207066	San José Prospect, Constancia Cu Deposit, Chumbivilcas Province, Cuzco, Peru	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00551	35.1	31.3			Cu	207066	San José Prospect, Constancia Cu Deposit, Chumbivilcas Province, Cuzco, Peru	Singer et al. (2005)	USGSOFR2005_1060