Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Raura District, Cajatambo Province, Lima, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 24.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 24.5

mindat Locality ID: 11017
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11017.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Raura District, Cajatambo Province, Lima, 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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Fluorite	Gypsum	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Realgar ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Seligmannite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Sb W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Sb W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Fluorite Gypsum None Pyrite Rocksalt
Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	24.5	24.5	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	24.5	24.5	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	24.5	24.5	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	24.5	24.5	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	24.5	24.5	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	24.5	24.5	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24.5	24.5	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	24.5	24.5	6890
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	24.5	24.5	39462
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	24.5	24.5	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	24.5	24.5	1711
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	24.5	24.5	4894
Seligmannite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbAsS₃	24.5	24.5	64
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	24.5	24.5	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	24.5	24.5	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	24.5	24.5	5317

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	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	Age Notes
	sedznpb-00372	24.5	24.5	24.5							Yes				2544	Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima, Peru	Uchucchacua	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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