Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Huaron Mining District, Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peru


mindat Locality ID: 28521
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28521.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Huaron Mining District, Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peru": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Alianza Mine
Alimon Mine (Animon Mine)
Andalucia Mine
Cometa Mine
Constancia Mine
Elena Mine
Fastidiosa Mine
Huaron Mines
Mechita Mine
Patrick Mine
Restauradora Mine
San Narcisco Mine
Shiusha Mine
Travieso Mine
Yanacreston Mine
Yanamina Mine

Latitude: 11°'18"S
Longitude: 76°24'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -11.005,-76.413888888889

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteEnargiteFluoriteNonePolybasitePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteWurtzite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vinciennite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21964183092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1964189052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)19641811547
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31964181089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)296412,9641827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2296412,9641827198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21964189895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4196418910
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21964129617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS296412,9641824243
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]196418716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31964181425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2296412,9641839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2296412,9641861156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1964181711
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS296412,9641821482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31964123418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13296412,964185317
Vinciennite  (*)NoneCu10Fe4SnAsS1619641813



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070247Huaron Mining District, Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peruhttps://rruff.info/R070247


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