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Locality Name:
Lima, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 15

mindat Locality ID: 20108
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20108.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lima, Peru": 53
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Cajatambo Province
Cañete Province
Canta Province
Huampar Mine
Huaral Province
Huarochiri Province
Huaura Province
Lima Province
Oyon Province
Raul Mine
Yauyos Province

Latitude: 11°44'32"S
Longitude: 76°18'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -11.742222222222,-76.300555555556
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: Ag Al As Au B Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe Ge H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAmphiboleAragoniteArgyroditeArsenopyriteAxiniteBaryteBournonite
BrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCoquimbiteCorundum
CovelliteDiasporeDigeniteDumortieriteEnargiteEpidoteFeldsparFerdowsiiteFluoriteGarnet
GeocroniteGypsumHeulanditeLillianiteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaMolybdeniteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupOlivineOrpimentPhenakitePolybasitePrehnitePyritePyrosmalitePyroxene
QuadratiteQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltSartoriteScapoliteScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStannite
StibniteTetrahedriteTitaniteWollastoniteWurtziteXanthoconite

117 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Agmantinite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)
Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Argyrodite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Axinite-(Mn)  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Baumhauerite  (*)Benavidesite  (*)Billingsleyite  (*)Bischofite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Bustamite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Canfieldite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Copper  (*)Coquimbite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Diaphorite  (*)Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dumortierite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferdowsiite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Freieslebenite  (*)Friedelite  (*)Galena  (*)Geocronite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Gratonite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Hyršlite  (*)Idaite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Johannsenite  (*)Kësterite  (*)Keutschite  (*)
Kutnohorite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganoquadratite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Marialite  (*)Marrite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Menchettiite  (*)Metastibnite  (*)
Miargyrite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Neotocite  (*)Orpiment  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Oyonite  (*)Pearceite  (*)Pirquitasite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Seligmannite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spryite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tephroite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Uchucchacuaite  (*)Willemite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Xanthoconite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S24.524.5296334,963582793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)214566296321,963593419
Agmantinite  (*)WurtziteAg2MnSnS424.524.51963581
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS24.524.5196358312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1963598803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)324.524.51963581534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1963612734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1963341588
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)24.524.51963143250
Argyrodite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8GeS624.524.519635862
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS24.524.5396334,96344,963589052
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2196349260
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)AxiniteCa4Mn2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)224.524.5296325,9635888
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)224.524.5496315,96346,96347,963615509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)24.524.5496314,96334,96344,9636111547
Baumhauerite  (*)SartoritePb12As16S3624.524.519635815
Benavidesite  (*)NonePb4MnSb6S1424.524.51963588
Billingsleyite  (*)NoneAg7AsS624.524.519635811
Bischofite  (*)NoneMgCl2·6H2O19635942
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4296334,963615516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11196334843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS324.524.5296334,963581089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61963611633
Bustamite  (*)WollastoniteMn2Ca2MnCa(Si3O9)224.524.5196358101
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14524.5896314,96321,96333,96334,96344,96358,96359,9636127770
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS624.524.519635891
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)24.524.5296358,963614979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S14566296319,963615707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2145151196314,96319,96321,96331,96333,96334,96340,96344,96358,96359,9636127198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O14524.5496313,96316,96352,963613531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81963491756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1963231025
Copper  (*)CopperCu296334,963613846
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O196324136
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1963614165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O14566296319,963612970
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S824.524.5296334,96358126
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1963611027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)224.524.5296314,963349895
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O18296325,96326231
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4296334,96361910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)596318,96323,96325,96349,963598173
Ferdowsiite  (*)FerdowsiiteAg8(Sb5As3)S1624.524.51963583
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF224.524.5396314,96358,963619617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12196344663
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS324.524.5196358105
Friedelite  (*)Pyrosmalite ClayMn2+8Si6O15(OH)1024.524.519635840
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS145151096314,96319,96321,96331,96333,96334,96344,96358,96359,9636124243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S23296334,96361133
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)24.524.5296358,963617437
Gold  (*)CopperAu496328,96344,96359,9636130554
Gratonite  (*)NonePb9As4S1524.524.519635824
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)324.524.51963581544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O24.524.5396314,96334,963616890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314566396321,96359,9636114640
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O196349246
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)24.524.5296334,96358469
Hyršlite  (*)SartoritePb8As10Sb6S3224.524.51963581
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS4196361142
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O314566296321,963595433
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S1424.524.5296334,96358784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6296328,963612228
Johannsenite  (*)PyroxeneCaMnSi2O624.524.519635873
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS424.524.519635882
Keutschite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2AgAsS424.524.51963582
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)224.524.5196358234
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414524.5496321,96358,96359,9636114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)214566396319,96347,9636112537
Manganoquadratite  (*)QuadratiteAgMnAsS324.524.51963581
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS214524.5496321,96358,96359,963615674
Marialite  (*)ScapoliteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl196359139
Marrite  (*)NoneAgPbAsS324.524.51963588
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O14566196321915
Menchettiite  (*)LillianitePb5Mn3Ag2Sb6As4S2424.524.51963581
Metastibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S324.524.519635887
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS224.524.5296334,96358300
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS214566396319,96321,963595800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214566396319,96321,9635917380
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)24.524.5196358186
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S324.524.5296334,96358511
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)24.524.51963582349
Oyonite  (*)LillianiteAg3Mn2Pb4Sb7As4S2424.524.51963581
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]24.524.5196358249
Pirquitasite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteAg2ZnSnS424.524.51963586
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]24.524.5396334,96340,96358716
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2296349,963591898
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS324.524.5296344,96358733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS324.524.5496334,96340,96344,963581425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2145151096314,96319,96321,96331,96334,96340,96344,96358,96359,9636139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S814515696319,96321,96331,96340,96358,963599056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214524.51596320,96321,96328,96329,96333,96334,96335,96338,96340,96341,96344,96349,96358,96359,9636161156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS24.524.5396314,96334,96358712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)24.524.5496314,96334,96344,963581711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)24.524.5496334,96340,96344,96358969
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)24.524.51963144894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1963441153
Seligmannite  (*)BournoniteCuPbAsS324.524.5296314,9635864
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)24.524.5396334,96344,963586417
Silver  (*)CopperAg24.515496331,96344,96357,963585186
Smithite  (*)NoneAgAsS224.524.519635811
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS145151196314,96319,96321,96331,96333,96334,96340,96344,96358,96359,9636121482
Spryite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8(As3+0.5As5+0.5)S624.524.51963581
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS424.524.5196358668
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS424.524.5196358586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S324.524.5396314,96334,963583418
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1324.524.5396344,96358,963611803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1963611101
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)24.524.5196358240
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1314524.5696314,96319,96334,96344,96358,963615317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O396318,96349,963594899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)224.524.51963582562
Uchucchacuaite  (*)LillianiteAgMnPb3Sb5S1224.524.51963585
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4196334303
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO324.524.51963581247
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS24.524.5196358372
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS324.524.519635889
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)145661963211025


3 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
vms-0070914566Cretaceous        238301Raúl-Condestable Mine, Cañete Province, Lima, PeruRaul-CondestableMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
sedznpb-00371151515        269029Santander Mine, Huaral Province, Lima, PeruSantanderSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
sedznpb-0037224.524.524.5        2544Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima, PeruUchucchacuaSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
FKM-61Canta Province, Lima, Peruhttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-51-to-fkm-75/#FKM-61
R050302Casapalca, Huarochiri Province, Lima, Peruhttps://rruff.info/R050302
R050558Casapalca Mine, Casapalca, Huarochiri Province, Lima, Peruhttps://rruff.info/R050558
R090021Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima, Peruhttps://rruff.info/R090021
R090041Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima, Peruhttps://rruff.info/R090041
R100213Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima, Peruhttps://rruff.info/R100213

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