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Locality Name:
Castrovirreyna District, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3

mindat Locality ID: 2545
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2545.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Castrovirreyna District, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica, Peru": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Caudalosa Mine
San Genaro Mine

Latitude: 13°11'29"S
Longitude: 75°8'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -13.191388888889,-75.143333333333

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	Aramayoite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Enargite
Fluorite	Geocronite	Marcasite	Meneghinite	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Aramayoite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Baumstarkite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diaphorite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Famatinite ()*	Fibroferrite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gladite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jordanite ()*
Kësterite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Robinsonite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stannite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Ca Cu F Fe Mg Mn O Pb S Sb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aramayoite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Enargite
Fluorite Geocronite Marcasite Meneghinite None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

40 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	7	3	0		2793
Aramayoite ()*	Aramayoite	Ag₃Sb₂(Bi,Sb)S₆	7	3	1	96138	29
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	7	3	0		9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	7	3	1	96138	11547
Baumstarkite ()*	Aramayoite	Ag₃Sb₃S₆	7	3	1	96138	6
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	7	3	0		843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	7	3	1	96138	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	3	0		27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	7	3	1	96138	27198
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	7	3	1	96138	126
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	7	3	0		9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	7	3	2	96137,96138	910
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	7	3	0		163
Fibroferrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	7	3	1	96138	107
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	7	3	0		9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	7	3	1	96138	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7	3	1	96138	24243
Gladite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBi₅S₉	7	3	1	96138	67
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	7	3	0		14640
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	7	3	0		105
Kësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂ZnSnS₄	7	3	1	96138	82
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	7	3	0		5674
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	7	3	1	96138	300
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	7	3	0		249
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	7	3	1	96138	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	7	3	1	96138	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	7	3	1	96138	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	3	2	96137,96138	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	3	1	96138	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	7	3	1	96138	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	7	3	0		1711
Robinsonite ()*	None	Pb₄Sb₆S₁₃	7	3	1	96138	39
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	7	3	1	96138	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	7	3	1	96138	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	7	3	1	96138	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	7	3	1	96138	668
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	7	3	1	96138	586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	7	3	0		3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	7	3	0		1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	7	3	2	96137,96138	5317

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
	Hg-00076	7	3		K-Ar						Yes		Cinnabar	Hg	22095	Huancavelica, Peru		Mckee et al. (1986)	10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.489	EG81_489

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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