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Locality Name:
Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 9.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 7.7

mindat Locality ID: 145553
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145553.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peru": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Huallanca District
Pachapaqui District
Pastoruri Mt

Latitude: 9°54'2"S
Longitude: 77°5'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -9.9005555555556,-77.096666666667

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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAmphiboleApatiteArgyroditeArsenopyriteAxiniteBaryteBournoniteCalcite
Cancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperDigeniteEnargiteEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteGarnetGermaniteGypsumJalpaiteKaoliniteLillianiteMalachiteMarcasite
MeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePrehnitePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSphalerite
SpinelStanniteStibniteTalcTetrahedriteTourmalineVesuvianiteWurtzite

80 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)
Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Axinite-(Mn)  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Canfieldite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Colusite  (*)Copper  (*)Cosalite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Cronstedtite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Emplectite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Helvine  (*)Hessite  (*)Hocartite  (*)
Huanzalaite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Jalpaite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kësterite  (*)
Kiddcreekite  (*)Lillianite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Sellaite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stannite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Tungstenite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S9.27.71959082793
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS39.27.7195908315
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS9.27.7395906,95908,95911312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)9.27.71959088803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21959122162
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)9.27.71959081588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21959103092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS9.27.7295908,959109052
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)AxiniteCa4Mn2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2295910,9591188
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21959105509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)9.27.719590811547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S39.27.71959081935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS49.27.71959085516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S119.27.7195908843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3295909,959101089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)9.27.7495905,95906,95908,9591027770
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS69.27.719590891
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO29.27.71959085171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S9.27.71959085707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS29.27.7395908,95909,9591027198
Colusite  (*)Sphalerite GermaniteCu13VAs3S169.27.7195908110
Copper  (*)CopperCu9.27.7295908,959103846
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S59.27.7195908344
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)69.27.7195908310
Cronstedtite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)3(Si,Fe3+)2O5(OH)49.27.719590854
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S9.27.71959081027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O69.27.71959084135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)29.27.7295908,959109895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)195912648
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS29.27.7195908246
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS49.27.7195908910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)9.27.7295905,959088173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F9.27.71959082740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF29.27.7295908,959109617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS9.27.7395908,95909,9591024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu9.27.7295908,9591030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O9.27.71959086890
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S195910237
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te9.27.7195908804
Hocartite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteAg2FeSnS49.27.719590831
Huanzalaite  (*)ColumbiteMg(WO4)9.27.71959083
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)9.27.7195908469
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS29.27.7195908116
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)49.27.71959085591
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS49.27.719590882
Kiddcreekite  (*)NoneCu6WSnS89.27.71959089
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS69.27.7195908128
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS49.27.7195908198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O419591014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)219591012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21959105674
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O9.27.71959081508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)29.27.7295908,9591017380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O9.27.71959081236
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)9.27.71959082349
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]9.27.7195908716
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)29.27.71959081898
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS39.27.71959081425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS29.27.7495906,95908,95909,9591039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S89.27.7395906,95908,959109056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO29.27.7695905,95906,95908,95909,95910,9591261156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)9.27.7395906,95908,959101711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)9.27.7495906,95908,95910,95911969
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)9.27.71959084894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1959091153
Sellaite  (*)RutileMgF29.27.719590846
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)9.27.7295908,959106417
Silver  (*)CopperAg9.27.7295908,959105186
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31959111214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS9.27.7395906,95908,9591021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS49.27.7195908668
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS49.27.7195908586
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)29.27.71959083337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S139.27.7295908,959101803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13295909,959105317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)29.27.71959082562
Tungstenite  (*)MolybdeniteWS29.27.719590828
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)109.27.71959081395
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS39.27.7195908297
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS9.27.7295908,95910372



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedznpb-003679.27.79.2–7.7        5783Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, PeruHuanzalaSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R110022Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peruhttps://rruff.info/R110022
R060116Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peruhttps://rruff.info/R060116
R050070Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peruhttps://rruff.info/R050070
R050190Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peruhttps://rruff.info/R050190
R090037Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peruhttps://rruff.info/R090037
R110024Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peruhttps://rruff.info/R110024


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