Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Piura, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 20
Youngest recorded age at locality: 12

mindat Locality ID: 132001
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132001.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Piura, Peru": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Huancabamba Province
Sechura Province

Latitude: 5°30'40"S
Longitude: 80°4'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -5.5111111111111,-80.069722222222

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Vivianite	Wurtzite
Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Alunite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Beryl ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Covellite ()*	Dawsonite ()*	Diaspore ()*
Digenite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferberite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Sylvite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Titanite ()*	Vivianite ()*
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: Al As B Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Enargite Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Titanite Tourmaline Vivianite Wurtzite
Zircon

46 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			1	96430	3419
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	20	12	2	96430,96431	966
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	20	12	1	96431	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	96430	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	96430	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	96430	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	96430	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	96430	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	96430	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	20	12	1	96431	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	20	12	2	96430,96431	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	96430	1756
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	20	12	1	96431	4165
Dawsonite ()*	None	NaAl(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	96430	90
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	20	12	1	96431	481
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	20	12	1	96431	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	20	12	2	96430,96431	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	96430	8173
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)			1	96430	551
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	96430	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	96430	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	96430	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	20	12	1	96431	7437
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			1	96430	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	20	12	2	96430,96431	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	20	12	1	96431	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	20	12	1	96431	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	96430	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	20	12	2	96430,96431	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	20	12	2	96430,96431	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	96430	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	20	12	2	96430,96431	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	20	12	2	96430,96431	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	96430,96434	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	20	12	2	96430,96431	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	96430	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	96430	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	96430	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	96430	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄			1	96430	668
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	96430	3418
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl			1	96430	275
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	96430	1803
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	96430	4899
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	96430	636
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	96430	5251

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
	PorphCu-00543	20	12	20–12									Alunite, Andalusite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Diaspore, Digenite, Enargite, Goethite, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Rutile	Cu	207059	Rio Blanco Cu-Mo Deposit, Huancabamba Province, Piura, Peru	Rio Blanco	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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