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Locality Name:
Rio Blanco Cu-Mo Deposit, Huancabamba Province, Piura, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 20
Youngest recorded age at locality: 12

mindat Locality ID: 207059
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207059.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rio Blanco Cu-Mo Deposit, Huancabamba Province, Piura, Peru": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 4°56'39"S
Longitude: 79°18'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -4.9441666666667,-79.308055555556
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: Al As Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAndalusiteChalcopyriteClayCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteEnargiteKaolinite
MicaMolybdeniteNonePyritePyrophylliteRutileWurtzite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Diaspore  (*)Digenite  (*)Enargite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrophyllite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)620120966
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5201201310
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S201205707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22012027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS201204165
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)20120481
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S201201027
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS420120910
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)201207437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32012014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6201202228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4201205591
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2201205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22012017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22012039462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)220120771
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2201205614


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-00543201220–12      Alunite, Andalusite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Diaspore, Digenite, Enargite, Goethite, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, RutileCu207059Rio Blanco Cu-Mo Deposit, Huancabamba Province, Piura, PeruRio BlancoSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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