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Locality Name:
Michiquillay Cu-Au-Mo Deposit, Lucmapampa, Celendín Province, Cajamarca, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 20.17
Youngest recorded age at locality: 19.87

mindat Locality ID: 191972
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191972.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Michiquillay Cu-Au-Mo Deposit, Lucmapampa, Celendín Province, Cajamarca, Peru": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 7°18'"S
Longitude: 78°19'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -7.3,-78.322222222222

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.

Alunite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Covellite
Cubanite	Enargite	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stannite	Talc	Wurtzite

Aikinite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Luzonite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*
Sternbergite ()*	Talc ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Corundum Covellite
Cubanite Enargite Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite
Spinel Stannite Talc Wurtzite

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	20.17	19.87	315
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	20.17	19.87	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	20.17	19.87	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	20.17	19.87	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	20.17	19.87	1588
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	20.17	19.87	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	20.17	19.87	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	20.17	19.87	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	20.17	19.87	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	20.17	19.87	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	20.17	19.87	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	20.17	19.87	4165
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	20.17	19.87	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	20.17	19.87	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	20.17	19.87	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	20.17	19.87	14640
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	20.17	19.87	469
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	20.17	19.87	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	20.17	19.87	5591
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	20.17	19.87	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	20.17	19.87	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	20.17	19.87	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	20.17	19.87	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	20.17	19.87	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	20.17	19.87	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	20.17	19.87	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	20.17	19.87	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	20.17	19.87	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	20.17	19.87	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	20.17	19.87	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	20.17	19.87	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	20.17	19.87	969
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	20.17	19.87	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	20.17	19.87	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	20.17	19.87	586
Sternbergite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃	20.17	19.87	62
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	20.17	19.87	3337

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-00219	20.17	19.87	20.02±0.15	Ar-Ar								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	Michiquillay	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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