Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Castilla Province, Arequipa, Peru

mindat Locality ID: 191539
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191539.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Castilla Province, Arequipa, Peru": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Aplao
Layo Deposit
Orcopampa District
Shila-Paula District

Latitude: 15°18'9"S
Longitude: 72°14'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -15.3025,-72.243611111111

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.

Acanthite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Coquimbite	Covellite	Diaspore	Enargite
Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Uytenbogaardtite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coquimbite ()*	Covellite ()*
Diaspore ()*	Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Mawsonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pearceite ()*
Polybasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Uytenbogaardtite ()*	Vinciennite ()*

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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Coquimbite Covellite Diaspore Enargite
Gypsum Kaolinite Mica None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt
Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Uytenbogaardtite Wurtzite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	3	95999,96001,96005	2793
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	95994	312
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	95993	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	95992	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	95994	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	95994	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	95999,96001,96005	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	95993,95994,95999,96001,96005	27198
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	0		136
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	95993,96001	4165
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	95993	481
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	95993	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	95994,95999,96001,96005	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	95994,95999,96001,96005	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	95993	6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	95994,96001	5591
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	1	96005	234
Mawsonite ()*	None	Cu₆Fe₂SnS₈	1	95993	92
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	95994,96001,96005	17380
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	2	96001,96005	249
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	2	95994,96001	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	95993,95994,95999,96001,96005	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	95994,95999,96001,96005	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2	95994,96005	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	2	95994,96005	969
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	96001	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	95994,95999,96001,96005	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	95994	3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	3	95993,95999,96005	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	4	95994,95999,96001,96005	5317
Uytenbogaardtite ()*	Uytenbogaardtite	Ag₃AuS₂	2	96001,96005	46
Vinciennite ()*	None	Cu₁₀Fe₄SnAsS₁₆	1	95993	13

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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