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 Molybdenite at Áncash, Peru

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 23Ma - 2.6Ma 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-00545	23	2.6		Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite	Cu	207061	Aguila Cu Deposit, Corongo Province, Áncash, 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-00524	16	14.6		Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Epidote, Galena, Kaolinite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	206947	Magistral Cu-Mo Deposit, Conchucos District, Pallasca Province, Áncash, Peru	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00538	14.7	14.7		Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Digenite, Epidote, Galena, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite	Cu	206962	Pashpap Cu-Mo Deposit, Huaylas Province, Áncash, Peru	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00545	23	2.6		Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite	Cu	207061	Aguila Cu Deposit, Corongo Province, Áncash, 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
sedznpb-00360	10	10				248651	Antamina Mine, Áncash, Peru	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252
sedznpb-00367	9.2	7.7				5783	Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peru	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252