Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Moquegua, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 55
Youngest recorded age at locality: 51

mindat Locality ID: 123190
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123190.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moquegua, Peru": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
General Sánchez Cerro Province
Ilo
Mariscal Nieto Province

Latitude: 16°49'13"S
Longitude: 70°53'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -16.820277777778,-70.895555555556

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Baryte	Bournonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Digenite	Dumortierite	Enargite	Epidote
Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rhodonite	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Turquoise	Wurtzite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dumortierite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Realgar ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Turquoise ()*

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: Ag Al As Au B Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Arsenopyrite Atacamite Baryte Bournonite Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Digenite Dumortierite Enargite Epidote
Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rhodonite Rocksalt
Sphalerite Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Turquoise 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
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	51	51	1	96373	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃			2	96367,96370	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	51	51	2	96367,96373	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	51	51	1	96373	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	51	51	1	96373	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	51	51	1	96373	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	51	51	1	96373	1089
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	55	51	2	96373,96374	1633
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	96367	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	55	51	3	96367,96373,96374	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	55	51	2	96373,96374	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	55	51	3	96367,96373,96374	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	55	53	1	96374	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	55	51	2	96373,96374	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	55	53	1	96374	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	55	53	2	96367,96374	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	96367	1027
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	55	51	0		231
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	55	51	2	96373,96374	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	55	53	2	96367,96374	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	55	51	2	96373,96374	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	51	51	2	96367,96373	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	55	53	2	96367,96374	14640
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	51	51	1	96373	784
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	55	53	1	96374	2228
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	55	51	3	96367,96373,96374	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	51	51	1	96373	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	55	51	2	96373,96374	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	55	51	3	96367,96373,96374	17380
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	51	51	1	96373	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	55	51	3	96367,96373,96374	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	51	51	1	96373	9056
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	51	51	1	96373	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	51	51	1	96373	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			1	96367	969
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	51	51	1	96373	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	55	51	2	96373,96374	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	51	51	1	96373	3418
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	51	51	1	96373	332
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	96368	2045
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	51	51	2	96367,96373	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	51	51	1	96373	5317
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	55	53	1	96374	484

2 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
	PorphCu-00118	51	51	51									Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Boulangerite, Bournonite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Enargite, Galena, Gold, Jamesonite, Malachite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Realgar, Rhodochrosite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Stromeyerite, Tenorite	Cu	55427	Cuajone Mine, Tala, Mariscal Nieto Province, Moquegua, Peru	Cuajone	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	PorphCu-00344	55	53	55–53									Brochantite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Epidote, Jarosite, Malachite, Pyrite, Turquoise	Cu	206005	Quellaveco Mine, Tala, Mariscal Nieto Province, Moquegua, Peru	Quellaveco	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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