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Locality Name:
Tintaya Mine, Ahuancata, Espinar Province, Cuzco, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 33
Youngest recorded age at locality: 33

mindat Locality ID: 206008
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206008.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tintaya Mine, Ahuancata, Espinar Province, Cuzco, Peru": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 14°54'30"S
Longitude: 71°18'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -14.908333333333,-71.313333333333

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Brochantite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Digenite	Epidote
Feldspar	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Spinel

Albite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*
Epidote ()*	Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Brochantite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Digenite Epidote
Feldspar Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Spinel

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	33	33	8803
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	33	33	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	33	33	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	33	33	1633
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	33	33	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	33	33	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	33	33	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	33	33	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	33	33	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	33	33	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	33	33	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	33	33	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	33	33	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	33	33	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	33	33	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	33	33	17380
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	33	33	1101
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	33	33	2562

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-00345	33	33	33									Albite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Digenite, Epidote, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Tenorite, Tremolite, Electrum	Cu	206008	Tintaya Mine, Ahuancata, Espinar Province, Cuzco, Peru	Tintaya	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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