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Locality Name:
Ayacucho, Peru


mindat Locality ID: 131993
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131993.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ayacucho, Peru": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Huamanga
Lucanas Province
Parinacochas Province

Latitude: 14°38'6"S
Longitude: 74°8'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -14.635,-74.143611111111
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 B Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopiapiteCoquimbiteCovelliteEpidote
GypsumHalotrichiteMetavoltineMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltRömeriteSphaleriteSpinelSulphurTourmaline

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunogen  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Coquimbite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dravite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Goldichite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Krausite  (*)
Magnesiocopiapite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Metavoltine  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Römerite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O196034272
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O196034925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2396032,96034,9604127198
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O196034382
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O196034136
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1960414165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61960414135
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)196034648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1960328173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS19603424243
Goldichite  (*)NoneKFe3+(SO4)2·4H2O19603412
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1960306890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O196034409
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61960342228
Krausite  (*)NoneKFe3+(SO4)2·H2O19603421
Magnesiocopiapite  (*)CopiapiteMgFe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O19603454
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O419603214899
Metavoltine  (*)MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12·18H2O19603478
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2296032,960415800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)219603217380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1960362994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2296032,9604139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81960419056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2296034,9603561156
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O196034115
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS19603421482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1960342045


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