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Locality Name:
Macusani Uranium Deposits (Quenamari Meseta), Carabaya Province, Puno, Peru


mindat Locality ID: 264979
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264979.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Macusani Uranium Deposits (Quenamari Meseta), Carabaya Province, Puno, Peru": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 13°56'59"S
Longitude: 70°37'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -13.949722222222,-70.616666666667

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 Be Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Si Ti U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Si Ti U Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteAutuniteBerylChalcopyriteClayCorundumFeldsparFluoriteMeta-autuniteMica
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileSpinelTopazZircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Autunite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Cordierite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Moraesite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Renardite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Spinel  (*)Topaz  (*)Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Weeksite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO501310
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O01272
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O0566
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1801008
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O0388
Moraesite  (*)NoneBe2(PO4)(OH)·4H2O035
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Renardite  (*)NonePb(UO2)4(PO4)2(OH)4·7H2O07
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)0598
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO501516
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F201476
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O01059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718
Weeksite  (*)None(K)2(UO2)2(Si5O13)·4H2O042
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251



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