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Locality Name:
Cañariaco Cu Deposit, Cañares, Ferrenate Province, Lambayeque, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 15
Youngest recorded age at locality: 15

mindat Locality ID: 206009
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206009.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cañariaco Cu Deposit, Cañares, Ferrenate Province, Lambayeque, Peru": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 6°5'"S
Longitude: 79°17'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -6.0833333333333,-79.283333333333

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

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiaspore
DigeniteEnargiteEpidoteFeldsparMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNonePyritePyroxene
RocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteWurtzite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Alunite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Digenite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)151508803
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)615150966
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2151503092
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4151505516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S151505707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21515027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS151504165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S315150802
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S151501027
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS415150910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)151508173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1515024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)151507437
Gold  (*)CopperAu1515030554
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O615150741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31515014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6151502228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41515014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21515012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2151505800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21515017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21515039462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1515021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13151501803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13151505317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2151502562



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-00346151515      Albite, Alunite, Ankerite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cubanite, Digenite, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Goethite, Gold, Hedenbergite, Hematite, Jarosite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, TremoliteCu206009Cañariaco Cu Deposit, Cañares, Ferrenate Province, Lambayeque, PeruCañariacoSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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