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Locality Name:
Palomo Mine, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica, Peru

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

mindat Locality ID: 65058
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-65058.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Palomo Mine, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica, Peru": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Gypsum	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment
Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sartorite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Anorpiment ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Dufrénoysite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*
Pararealgar ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Seligmannite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	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 Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Gypsum Mica None Not in a structural group Orpiment
Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sartorite Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anorpiment ()*	Not in a structural group	As₂S₃	7	3	1
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	7	3	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	3	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	7	3	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	7	3	2600
Dufrénoysite ()*	Sartorite	Pb₂As₂S₅	7	3	34
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7	3	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	7	3	6890
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	7	3	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	7	3	511
Pararealgar ()*	None	As₄S₄	7	3	57
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	7	3	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	7	3	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	7	3	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	3	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	3	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	7	3	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	7	3	1711
Seligmannite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbAsS₃	7	3	64
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	7	3	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	7	3	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	7	3	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
R110016	Palomo Mine, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica, Peru	https://rruff.info/R110016
R100026	Palomo Mine, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica, Peru	https://rruff.info/R100026
R100189	Palomo Mine, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica, Peru	https://rruff.info/R100189

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