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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 55
Youngest recorded age at locality: 53

mindat Locality ID: 206005
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206005.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 17°6'29"S
Longitude: 70°36'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.108055555556,-70.615833333333

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Brochantite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite
Enargite	Epidote	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Turquoise	Wurtzite

Brochantite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Turquoise ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Brochantite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite
Enargite Epidote Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite
Turquoise Wurtzite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	55	53	1633
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	55	53	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	55	53	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	55	53	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	55	53	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	55	53	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	55	53	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	55	53	2970
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	55	53	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	55	53	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	55	53	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	55	53	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	55	53	2228
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	55	53	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	55	53	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	55	53	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	55	53	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	55	53	21482
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	55	53	484

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
	PorphCu-00344	55	53	55–53									Brochantite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Epidote, Jarosite, Malachite, Pyrite, Turquoise	Cu	206005	Quellaveco Mine, Tala, Mariscal Nieto Province, Moquegua, Peru	Quellaveco	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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