Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cerro Verde Mine, Uchumayo District, Arequipa Province, Arequipa, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 62.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 61.1

mindat Locality ID: 55597
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55597.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cerro Verde Mine, Uchumayo District, Arequipa Province, Arequipa, Peru": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Santa Rosa Pit (Santa Rosa Mine)
Tingue

Latitude: 16°32'7"S
Longitude: 71°35'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -16.535277777778,-71.591666666667

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.

Allophane	Atacamite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Cubanite	Diaspore	Dumortierite	Enargite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Bornite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Dumortierite ()*	Enargite ()*
Ferberite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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 As B C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Ni O Pb S Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Si Ti W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Atacamite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite
Cubanite Diaspore Dumortierite Enargite Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

32 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
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	62.5	61.1	0		966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	62.5	61.1	0		1588
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	62.5	61.1	0		246
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	62.5	61.1	1	95980	544
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	62.5	61.1	0		5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	62.5	61.1	0		1633
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	62.5	61.1	0		309
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	62.5	61.1	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	62.5	61.1	0		27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	62.5	61.1	0		3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	62.5	61.1	0		3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	62.5	61.1	0		4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	62.5	61.1	0		802
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	62.5	61.1	0		231
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	62.5	61.1	0		910
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	62.5	61.1	0		551
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	62.5	61.1	0		24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	62.5	61.1	0		7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	62.5	61.1	0		14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	62.5	61.1	0		5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	62.5	61.1	0		5591
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	62.5	61.1	0		198
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	62.5	61.1	0		451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	62.5	61.1	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	62.5	61.1	0		12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	62.5	61.1	0		5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	62.5	61.1	0		17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	62.5	61.1	0		39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	62.5	61.1	0		9056
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	62.5	61.1	1	95979	1711
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	62.5	61.1	0		21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	62.5	61.1	0		1803

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-00119	62.5	61.1	61.8±0.7									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	Cerro Verde/Santa Rosa	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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