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Locality Name:
Coroccohuayco Cu Deposit, Ahuancata, Espinar Province, Cuzco, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 31
Youngest recorded age at locality: 31

mindat Locality ID: 206953
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206953.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 14°57'6"S
Longitude: 71°15'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -14.951666666667,-71.262222222222

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Marcasite	Mica
Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Titanite
Zircon

Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite Digenite Epidote Feldspar Marcasite Mica
Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Titanite
Zircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	31	31	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	31	31	1588
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	31	31	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	31	31	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	31	31	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	31	31	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	31	31	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	31	31	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	31	31	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	31	31	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	31	31	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	31	31	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	31	31	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	31	31	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	31	31	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	31	31	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	31	31	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	31	31	1803
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	31	31	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	31	31	5251

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-00530	31	31	31									Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Digenite, Hematite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	206953	Coroccohuayco Cu Deposit, Ahuancata, Espinar Province, Cuzco, Peru	Coroccohuayco	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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