Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yanacocha District, Cajamarca, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 10.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 10.9

mindat Locality ID: 235921
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-235921.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yanacocha District, Cajamarca, Peru": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Carachugo Deposit
Kupfertal
Quecher Deposit
San Jose Complex
Yanacocha Mine

Latitude: 6°59'30"S
Longitude: 78°30'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -6.9916666666667,-78.5125

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	Alunite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Enargite
Kaolinite	Mica	None	Orpiment	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite
Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Alunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beudantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Gratonite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kosnarite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Si Sn Ti Zn Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Baryte Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Enargite
Kaolinite Mica None Orpiment Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite
Sulphur Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

30 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	10.9	10.9	0		2793
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	10.9	10.9	2	96087,96089	966
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	10.9	10.9	0		11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	10.9	10.9	0		413
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	10.9	10.9	0		27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	10.9	10.9	0		5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	10.9	10.9	0		5707
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	10.9	10.9	1	96089	4165
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	10.9	10.9	0		481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	10.9	10.9	0		651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	10.9	10.9	0		9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	10.9	10.9	0		910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	10.9	10.9	0		24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	10.9	10.9	0		7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	10.9	10.9	3	96087,96089,96091	30554
Gratonite ()*	None	Pb₉As₄S₁₅	10.9	10.9	1	96091	24
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	10.9	10.9	0		14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	10.9	10.9	0		2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	96087	5591
Kosnarite ()*	None	KZr₂(PO₄)₃	10.9	10.9	1	96091	7
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	10.9	10.9	0		17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	10.9	10.9	0		511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	10.9	10.9	2	96087,96091	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	10.9	10.9	0		771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	10.9	10.9	3	96087,96089,96091	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	10.9	10.9	0		1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	10.9	10.9	1	96091	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	10.9	10.9	0		21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	10.9	10.9	0		2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	10.9	10.9	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
	AJES44_373-00019	10.9	10.9	10.9										Au	191970	Yanacocha Mine, Yanacocha District, Cajamarca, Peru	Yanacocha	Sillitoe (1997)	10.1080/08120099708728318	AJES44_373

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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