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Locality Name:
Huaylas Province, Áncash, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 14.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 14.7

mindat Locality ID: 210532
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210532.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Huaylas Province, Áncash, Peru": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Caráz
Mirador
Pashpap Cu-Mo Deposit

Latitude: 8°47'18"S
Longitude: 77°59'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -8.7883333333333,-77.995277777778

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Covellite	Digenite	Epidote	Kaolinite	Melanterite	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Anhydrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Covellite Digenite Epidote Kaolinite Melanterite Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	14.7	14.7	1	95924	1588
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	14.7	14.7	1	95924	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	14.7	14.7	1	95924	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	14.7	14.7	1	95924	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	14.7	14.7	1	95924	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	14.7	14.7	1	95924	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	14.7	14.7	1	95924	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	14.7	14.7	1	95924	24243
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	14.7	14.7	1	95924	5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	95923	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14.7	14.7	1	95924	14899
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	95922	915
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	14.7	14.7	1	95924	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	14.7	14.7	1	95924	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	14.7	14.7	2	95922,95924	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	14.7	14.7	1	95924	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	14.7	14.7	0		61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	14.7	14.7	1	95924	21482

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00538	14.7	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	Pashpap	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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