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Locality Name:
Turmalina Mine, Canchaque, Huancabamba Province, Piura, Peru

mindat Locality ID: 185819
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185819.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Turmalina Mine, Canchaque, Huancabamba Province, Piura, Peru": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Columbite	Corundum	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite
Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite
Titanite	Tourmaline	Vivianite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Alunite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Dawsonite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferberite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sylvite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Titanite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 B Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Columbite Corundum Enargite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite
Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite
Titanite Tourmaline Vivianite Wurtzite Zircon

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	966
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Dawsonite ()*	None	NaAl(CO₃)(OH)₂	90
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	551
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	668
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3418
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	275
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	636
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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