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Locality Name:
Cuajone Mine, Tala, Mariscal Nieto Province, Moquegua, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 51
Youngest recorded age at locality: 51

mindat Locality ID: 55427
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55427.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cuajone Mine, Tala, Mariscal Nieto Province, Moquegua, Peru": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 17°2'44"S
Longitude: 70°42'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.045555555556,-70.706944444444
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 Ba C Cu Fe H K Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovellite
EnargiteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksalt
SphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteWurtzite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Covellite  (*)Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Realgar  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS515109052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2515105509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)5151011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4515105516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S1151510843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3515101089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6515101633
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S515105707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25151027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O515103531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS515104165
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS451510910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5151024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu5151030554
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S1451510784
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)25151012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2515105674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2515105800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)25151017380
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3515101425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25151039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8515109056
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS51510712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)515101711
Silver  (*)CopperAg515105186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS5151021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3515103418
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS51510332
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO515101101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13515105317


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-00118515151      Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Boulangerite, Bournonite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Enargite, Galena, Gold, Jamesonite, Malachite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Realgar, Rhodochrosite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Stromeyerite, TenoriteCu55427Cuajone Mine, Tala, Mariscal Nieto Province, Moquegua, PeruCuajoneSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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