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Locality Name:
Cuzco, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 38.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 31

mindat Locality ID: 131995
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131995.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cuzco, Peru": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Canas Province
Chumbivilcas Province
Chuquibamba (Janac Chuquibamba)
Espinar Province
Maras Salt Works
Paruro Province

Latitude: 14°15'26"S
Longitude: 71°38'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -14.257222222222,-71.648055555556

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copiapite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Epidote
Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Titanite
Wurtzite	Zircon

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Copiapite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Enargite Epidote
Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Polybasite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Titanite
Wurtzite Zircon

57 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copiapite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pearceite ()*
Plumbogummite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sauconite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Zircon ()*

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)	33	31	2	96108,96110	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	96120	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	38.4	31	2	96107,96108	1588
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	96120	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	38.4	33	2	96107,96110	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	96118	11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	96115	413
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	38.4	31	4	96107,96108,96109,96110	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	38	33	2	96109,96110	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	96115	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			2	96115,96120	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	38	33	2	96109,96110	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	38.4	31	5	96102,96107,96108,96109,96110	5707
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O			1	96120	197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	38.4	31	6	96102,96107,96108,96109,96110,96111	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	38.4	33	3	96107,96109,96110	3531
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O			1	96120	382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	38.4	34	2	96107,96109	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	38	31	2	96108,96109	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	38.4	33	2	96107,96110	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	33	31	2	96108,96110	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			2	96115,96120	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	38	38	1	96109	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	38.4	31	4	96107,96108,96109,96110	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	38	31	7	96102,96108,96109,96111,96115,96118,96120	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	96115	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	33	33	2	96110,96111	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	38.4	34	2	96107,96113	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	38	31	2	96108,96109	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			2	96115,96120	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	96115	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	38	38	2	96109,96115	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	38.4	34	4	96102,96107,96115,96120	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	38.4	31	3	96107,96108,96110	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	38.4	33	3	96107,96109,96110	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	31	31	1	96108	5674
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl			1	96120	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	38.4	31	5	96102,96107,96108,96109,96110	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	38.4	31	6	96102,96107,96108,96110,96115,96120	17380
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]			1	96111	249
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆			1	96120	170
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	96115	477
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]			1	96111	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	38.4	31	7	96099,96102,96107,96108,96109,96111,96115	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	96120	1725
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	36.6	34.8	1	96102	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	38	38	1	96109	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	31	31	5	96099,96108,96111,96115,96120	61156
Sauconite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Zn₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O			2	96115,96120	56
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			2	96115,96120	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	38	31	7	96099,96102,96108,96109,96111,96115,96120	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	38.4	31	3	96107,96108,96111	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	33	33	1	96110	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	96111	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	31	31	1	96108	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	33	33	1	96110	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	31	31	1	96108	5251

6 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-00550	36.6	34.8	35.7±0.9	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Kaolinite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Sphalerite	Cu	207066	San José Prospect, Constancia Cu Deposit, Chumbivilcas Province, Cuzco, Peru	Constancia	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00551	35.1	31.3	33.2±1.9		Cu	207066	San José Prospect, Constancia Cu Deposit, Chumbivilcas Province, Cuzco, Peru	San Jose	Singer et al. (2005)	USGSOFR2005_1060
PorphCu-00532	38.4	34	38.4–34	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite, Epidote, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	206957	Antapaccay Cu-Au Deposit, Ahuancata, Espinar Province, Cuzco, Peru	Antapaccay	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00530	31	31	31	Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Digenite, Hematite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	206953	Coroccohuayco Cu Deposit, Ahuancata, Espinar Province, Cuzco, Peru	Coroccohuayco	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00525	38	38	38	Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Hematite, Jarosite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite	Cu	206948	Quechua Cu Deposit, Ahuancata, Espinar Province, Cuzco, Peru	Quechua	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00345	33	33	33	Albite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Digenite, Epidote, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Tenorite, Tremolite, Electrum	Cu	206008	Tintaya Mine, Ahuancata, Espinar Province, Cuzco, Peru	Tintaya	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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