Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tacna, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 65.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 55.8

mindat Locality ID: 132002
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132002.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tacna, Peru": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Jorge Basadre Province
Tacna Province

Latitude: 17°27'47"S
Longitude: 70°15'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.463055555556,-70.256944444444

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.

Alunite	Andalusite	Atacamite	Aubertite	Blödite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Dansite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum
Hexahydrite	Kaolinite	Melanterite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Tamarugite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anilite ()*	Atacamite ()*
Aubertite ()*	Blödite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	D'ansite ()*	Digenite ()*
Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Eriochalcite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pentahydrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Roxbyite ()*
Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Siderotil ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Tamarugite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thénardite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Andalusite Atacamite Aubertite Blödite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Covellite Dansite Diaspore Digenite Enargite Epidote Feldspar Gypsum
Hexahydrite Kaolinite Melanterite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Tamarugite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

43 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	58	56	1	96494	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	58	56	1	96494	1310
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	58	56	2	96491,96494	1588
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄	58	56	1	96494	88
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃			1	96491	544
Aubertite ()*	Aubertite	Cu²⁺Al(SO₄)₂Cl·14H₂O			1	96491	13
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O			1	96491	130
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	58	56	1	96494	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	58	56	1	96494	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	58	56	2	96491,96494	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	65.5	55.8	3	96491,96494,96499	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	58	56	1	96494	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	65.5	55.8	2	96491,96499	4165
D'ansite ()*	Dansite	Na₂₁Mg(SO₄)₁₀Cl₃			1	96491	5
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	58	56	1	96494	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	58	56	1	96494	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	58	56	1	96494	8173
Eriochalcite ()*	None	CuCl₂·2H₂O			1	96491	13
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	58	56	1	96494	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	96491	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	58	56	2	96491,96494	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			1	96491	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	58	56	1	96494	14640
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O			1	96491	251
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	58	56	2	96491,96494	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	58	56	1	96494	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	58	56	1	96494	14899
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	96491	915
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	58	56	1	96494	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	65.5	55.8	2	96494,96499	17380
Pentahydrite ()*	Chalcanthite	Mg(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	96491	32
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	65.5	55.8	3	96491,96494,96499	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	58	56	1	96494	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	58	56	3	96491,96494,96498	61156
Roxbyite ()*	None	Cu₉S₅	58	56	1	96494	27
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	58	56	1	96494	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	58	56	1	96494	6417
Siderotil ()*	Chalcanthite	Fe(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	96491	84
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	58	56	1	96494	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	65.5	55.8	0		2045
Tamarugite ()*	Tamarugite	NaAl(SO₄)₂·6H₂O			1	96491	87
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	58	56	1	96494	5317
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)			1	96491	299

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	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
Kaitlynn000009	57	57	57	K-Ar	age of sulphide	chalcopyrite	SP-31	Chalcopyrite			25368	Toquepala Mine, Barrio Obrero Toquepala, Ilabaya, Jorge Basadre Province, Tacna, Peru	Toquepala	Tilton et al. (1981)	10.1130/MEM154-p791	MGSA154_791
Kaitlynn000010	57	57	57	K-Ar	age of sulphide	chalcopyrite	SP-160	Chalcopyrite			25368	Toquepala Mine, Barrio Obrero Toquepala, Ilabaya, Jorge Basadre Province, Tacna, Peru	Toquepala	Tilton et al. (1981)	10.1130/MEM154-p791	MGSA154_791
PorphCu-00069	58	56	58–56						Albite, Andalusite, Anilite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Roxbyite, Rutile, Siderite, Sphalerite	Cu	25368	Toquepala Mine, Barrio Obrero Toquepala, Ilabaya, Jorge Basadre Province, Tacna, Peru	Toquepala	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00522	65.5	55.8	Paleocene						Albite, Alunite, Antlerite, Atacamite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Jarosite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Turquoise	Cu	206945	Cerro Colorado, Tacna Province, Tacna, Peru	Cerro Colorado	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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