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Locality Name:
El Galeno Cu-Au-Mo Deposit, Quisquimayoc, Celendín Province, Cajamarca, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 17.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 16.5

mindat Locality ID: 191971
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191971.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 7°1'"S
Longitude: 78°19'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -7.0166666666667,-78.316666666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo Ni O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo Ni O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneArsenopyriteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovellite
DigeniteEpidoteFluoriteKaoliniteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyrite
QuartzSpinel

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)617.516.50966
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS17.516.509052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS417.516.505516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)617.516.501633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17.516.5027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S17.516.505707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217.516.5027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O17.516.503531
Copper  (*)CopperCu17.516.503846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS17.516.504165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S17.516.501027
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)17.516.508173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF217.516.509617
Gold  (*)CopperAu17.516.5030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317.516.5014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)417.516.505591
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)17.516.50451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417.516.5014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217.516.5012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS217.516.505800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217.516.5017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217.516.5039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S817.516.509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217.516.5061156


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
PorphCu-0021817.516.517.5–16.5      Alunite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Digenite, Kaolinite, Mackinawite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, PyrrhotiteCu191971El Galeno Cu-Au-Mo Deposit, Quisquimayoc, Celendín Province, Cajamarca, PeruEl GalenoSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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