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 Quartz at Cajamarca, Peru

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 20.17Ma - 10.9Ma 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-00219	20.17	19.87		Aikinite, Alabandite, Alunite, Anhydrite, Arsenic, Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Enargite, Galena, Gypsum, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Pyrrhotite, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Stephanite, Sternbergite, Talc	Cu	191972	Michiquillay Cu-Au-Mo Deposit, Lucmapampa, Celendín Province, Cajamarca, Peru	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
AJES44_373-00019	10.9	10.9			Au	191970	Yanacocha Mine, Yanacocha District, Cajamarca, Peru	Sillitoe (1997)	AJES44_373

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
AJES44_373-00019	10.9	10.9			Au	191970	Yanacocha Mine, Yanacocha District, Cajamarca, Peru	Sillitoe (1997)	AJES44_373
PorphCu-00218	17.5	16.5		Alunite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Digenite, Kaolinite, Mackinawite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite	Cu	191971	El Galeno Cu-Au-Mo Deposit, Quisquimayoc, Celendín Province, Cajamarca, Peru	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00219	20.17	19.87		Aikinite, Alabandite, Alunite, Anhydrite, Arsenic, Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Enargite, Galena, Gypsum, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Pyrrhotite, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Stephanite, Sternbergite, Talc	Cu	191972	Michiquillay Cu-Au-Mo Deposit, Lucmapampa, Celendín Province, Cajamarca, Peru	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00220	15.89	15.46		Alunite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Epidote, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite	Cu	191973	Minas Conga, Quisquimayoc, Celendín Province, Cajamarca, Peru	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00520	13	8		Andalusite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Diaspore, Enargite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Pyrrhotite	Cu	206943	Cerro Corona, Hualgayoc Province, Cajamarca, Peru	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00533	14.3	12.4		Alunite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Enargite, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite	Cu	206958	Tantahuatay Cu Deposit, Hualgayoc Province, Cajamarca, Peru	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00534	318	251		Albite, Bismuthinite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Hematite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite	Cu	206958	Tantahuatay Cu Deposit, Hualgayoc Province, Cajamarca, Peru	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00540	14	10		Actinolite, Alunite, Andalusite, Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Diaspore, Enargite, Epidote, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Rutile, Wollastonite	Cu	207057	La Granja Cu Deposit, Cutervo Province, Cajamarca, Peru	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
sedznpb-00366	12.8	12				210538	Hualgayoc Province, Cajamarca, Peru	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252