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 Sphalerite at Arequipa Province, Arequipa, Peru

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 62.5Ma - 57Ma 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-00119	62.5	61.1		Alunite, Anhydrite, Antlerite, Bornite, Brochantite, Celadonite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cubanite, Enargite, Ferberite, Galena, Goethite, Hematite, Ilmenite, Kaolinite, Luzonite, Mackinawite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite	Cu	55598	Santa Rosa Pit (Santa Rosa Mine), Cerro Verde Mine, Uchumayo District, Arequipa Province, Arequipa, Peru	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00521	57	57		Antlerite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tenorite	Cu	206944	Cerro Negro Cu Deposit, Uchumayo District, Arequipa Province, Arequipa, 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-00119	62.5	61.1		Alunite, Anhydrite, Antlerite, Bornite, Brochantite, Celadonite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cubanite, Enargite, Ferberite, Galena, Goethite, Hematite, Ilmenite, Kaolinite, Luzonite, Mackinawite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite	Cu	55598	Santa Rosa Pit (Santa Rosa Mine), Cerro Verde Mine, Uchumayo District, Arequipa Province, Arequipa, Peru	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00521	57	57		Antlerite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tenorite	Cu	206944	Cerro Negro Cu Deposit, Uchumayo District, Arequipa Province, Arequipa, Peru	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155