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Locality Name:
Antapaccay Cu-Au Deposit, Ahuancata, Espinar Province, Cuzco, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 38.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 34

mindat Locality ID: 206957
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206957.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Antapaccay Cu-Au Deposit, Ahuancata, Espinar Province, Cuzco, Peru": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 14°57'36"S
Longitude: 71°20'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -14.96,-71.346388888889

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteGypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMica
MolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteSpinelTetrahedrite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)38.43401588
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)238.43405509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS438.43405516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S38.43405707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS238.434027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O38.43403531
Copper  (*)CopperCu38.43403846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O38.43402970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)38.43408173
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O38.43406890
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)438.43405591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O438.434014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)238.434012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS238.43405800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)238.434017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS238.434039462
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1338.43401803



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-0053238.43438.4–34      Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite, Epidote, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, PyriteCu206957Antapaccay Cu-Au Deposit, Ahuancata, Espinar Province, Cuzco, PeruAntapaccaySinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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