Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Atacocha Mining District, Cerro De Pasco, Pasco Province, Pasco, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 30
Youngest recorded age at locality: 30

mindat Locality ID: 10971
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10971.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Atacocha Mining District, Cerro De Pasco, Pasco Province, Pasco, Peru": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Atacocha Mine
Machcán Mine
Milpo Mine

Latitude: 10°34'16"S
Longitude: 76°12'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -10.571111111111,-76.215277777778

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Fluorite	Marcasite	None	Orpiment	Pyrite
Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Valleriite

Alabandite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Valleriite ()*

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Cu Fe Mn S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Fluorite Marcasite None Orpiment Pyrite
Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Valleriite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	30	30	0		312
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	30	30	0		9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	30	30	1	96383	11547
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	30	30	2	96383,96385	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	30	30	2	96383,96385	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	30	30	0		27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	30	30	2	96383,96385	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	30	30	2	96383,96385	24243
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	30	30	1	96383	784
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	30	30	1	96385	234
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	30	30	0		5674
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	30	30	1	96383	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	30	30	2	96383,96385	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	30	30	2	96383,96385	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	30	30	1	96383	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	30	30	2	96383,96385	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	30	30	1	96385	969
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	30	30	1	96385	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	30	30	1	96383	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	30	30	1	96385	5317
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	30	30	1	96383	237

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
	sedznpb-00361	30	30	30											185808	Atacocha Mine, Atacocha Mining District, Cerro De Pasco, Pasco Province, Pasco, Peru	Atacocha	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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