Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Casapalca, Huarochiri Province, Lima, Peru

mindat Locality ID: 29183
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29183.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Casapalca, Huarochiri Province, Lima, Peru": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Casapalca Mine
Rosario Mine

Latitude: 11°39'"S
Longitude: 76°14'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -11.65,-76.233333333333

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	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Columbite	Copper	Enargite	Geocronite
Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Phenakite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*
Diaphorite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Geocronite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Orpiment ()*
Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Willemite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Columbite Copper Enargite Geocronite
Gypsum None Not in a structural group Orpiment Phenakite Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt
Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	96334	2793
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	96334	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	96334	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	96334	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	96334	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	96334	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	96334	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	96334	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	96334	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	96334	3846
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	1	96334	126
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	96334	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	96334	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	96334	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	1	96334	133
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	96334	6890
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	1	96334	469
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	96334	784
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	1	96334	300
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	96334	511
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	96334	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	96334	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	96334	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	96334,96335	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	96334	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	96334	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	96334	969
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	96334	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	96334	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	96334	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	96334	5317
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	1	96334	303

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050302	Casapalca, Huarochiri Province, Lima, Peru	https://rruff.info/R050302
R050558	Casapalca Mine, Casapalca, Huarochiri Province, Lima, Peru	https://rruff.info/R050558

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