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Locality Name:
Apurímac, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 36.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.3

mindat Locality ID: 123191
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123191.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Apurímac, Peru": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Antabamba Province
Aymaraes Province
Cerro Yurajaca
Cotabambas Province
Huaranca (Huarancaca)

Latitude: 14°3'37"S
Longitude: 72°42'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -14.060277777778,-72.705

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	Amphibole	Baryte	Bismutite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Malachite
Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite
Spinel	Titanite	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Antlerite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Ferrimolybdite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Baryte Bismutite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Malachite
Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite
Spinel Titanite Wurtzite

39 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			3	95957,95964,95967	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	95964,95967	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	23	5.3	1	95963	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	23	5.3	2	95957,95963	1588
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	32.8	31.2	1	95959	246
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	95968	11547
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)			1	95968	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	36.6	5.3	6	95959,95962,95963,95964,95966,95967	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	32.8	31.2	1	95959	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	95960,95967	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	36.6	5.3	5	95957,95959,95962,95963,95966	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	36.8	5.3	8	95956,95957,95959,95962,95963,95964,95966,95967	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	32.8	31.2	3	95959,95964,95967	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	95967	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	32.8	31.2	2	95957,95959	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	36.5	34.7	1	95966	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	32.8	31.2	1	95959	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	32.8	31.2	1	95959	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	95967	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	36.8	5.3	6	95956,95957,95959,95962,95963,95967	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	32.8	31.2	1	95959	345
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	23	5.3	1	95963	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	32.8	31.2	2	95959,95967	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	23	5.3	1	95963	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	23	5.3	1	95963	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	23	5.3	2	95957,95963	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	95957	2228
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	36.6	5.3	5	95957,95962,95963,95966,95967	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	36.5	31.2	3	95959,95966,95967	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	36.8	5.3	5	95956,95957,95959,95963,95964	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	36.8	5.3	7	95956,95957,95959,95962,95963,95966,95967	17380
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	32.8	31.2	2	95959,95967	186
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	95957	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	36.8	5.3	7	95956,95957,95959,95962,95963,95966,95967	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			3	95957,95964,95967	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	23	5.3	1	95963	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	23	5.3	1	95963	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	32.8	31.2	1	95959	1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	23	5.3	1	95963	4899

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	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 ID
PorphCu-00527	36.8	35	35.9±0.9	Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	206950	Lahuani Cu Deposit, Antabamba Province, Apurímac, Peru	Lahuani	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00528	32.8	31.2	32.0±0.8	Antlerite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Digenite, Epidote, Ferrimolybdite, Goethite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Tenorite, Neotocite	Cu	206951	Los Chancas Cu Deposit, Aymaraes Province, Apurímac, Peru	Los Chancas	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00670	36.6	34.8	35.7±0.9		Cu	228082	Ccalla Cu Deposit, Cotabambas Province, Apurímac, Peru	Ccalla	Singer et al. (2005)	USGSOFR2005_1060
PorphCu-00531	23	5.3	Miocene	Alunite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Rutile, Sphalerite	Cu	206956	Cotabambas Cu-Au Deposit, Cotabambas Province, Apurímac, Peru	Cotabambas	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00523	36.5	34.7	35.6±0.9	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite	Cu	206946	Chalcobamba Cu Deposit, Las Bambas District, Cotabambas Province, Apurímac, Peru	Chalcobamba	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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