Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Carabaya Province, Puno, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 4.7

mindat Locality ID: 156100
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156100.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carabaya Province, Puno, Peru": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Corani District
Macusani
Macusani Uranium Deposits (Quenamari Meseta)

Latitude: 13°58'29"S
Longitude: 70°33'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -13.974722222222,-70.558333333333

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.

Amphibole	Analcime	Andalusite	Autunite	Beryl	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar
Fluorite	Meta-autunite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Sodalite
Spinel	Topaz	Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Andalusite ()*
Autunite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*
Gahnite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*	Moraesite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Renardite ()*
Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sodalite ()*	Spinel ()*
Topaz ()*	Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Virgilite ()*	Weeksite ()*
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 Be Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Andalusite Autunite Beryl Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Feldspar
Fluorite Meta-autunite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Sodalite
Spinel Topaz Tridymite Zircon

31 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
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	7	4.7	1	96442	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	7	4.7	1	96442	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	7	4.7	1	96442	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	7	4.7	1	96442	1627
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	96444	1310
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O			1	96444	1272
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	96444	27198
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O			1	96444	566
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			1	96444	1008
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	7	4.7	1	96442	271
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	7	4.7	1	96443	445
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	96444	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	96444	5433
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O			2	96441,96444	388
Moraesite ()*	None	Be₂(PO₄)(OH)·4H₂O			1	96444	35
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	96444	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	7	4.7	1	96442	884
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	96444	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	96444	61156
Renardite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)₄(PO₄)₂(OH)₄·7H₂O			1	96444	7
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	96444	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	96444	598
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	96444	1516
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	7	4.7	1	96442	444
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	96444	1934
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			1	96444	1476
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O			1	96444	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	96444	2718
Virgilite ()*	Quartz	LiAlSi₂O₆	7	7	2	96442,96443	1
Weeksite ()*	None	(K)₂(UO₂)₂(Si₅O₁₃)·4H₂O			1	96444	42
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	96444	5251

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Num	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Alexandra-0107	5.23	5.01	5.12 ± 0.11	fission-track method	Age of rock	MB1		274554	Macusani Glass, Macusani, Carabaya Province, Puno, Peru	Macusani glass	Iunes et al. (2003)	10.1016/S1350-4487(03)00161-6	RM36_407
Alexandra-0108	5.21	4.99	5.10 ± 0.11	fission-track method	Age of rock	MB2		274554	Macusani Glass, Macusani, Carabaya Province, Puno, Peru	Macusani glass	Iunes et al. (2003)	10.1016/S1350-4487(03)00161-6	RM36_407
Alexandra-0109	4.7	4.7	4.7		Age of rock			274554	Macusani Glass, Macusani, Carabaya Province, Puno, Peru	Macusani glass	Iunes et al. (2003)	10.1016/S1350-4487(03)00161-6	RM36_407
Grew_Li_2019_0112	7	7	7				Virgilite	274554	Macusani Glass, Macusani, Carabaya Province, Puno, Peru	Macusani glass (not in situ), Macusani, Carabaya Province, Puno department, Peru	Cheilletz et al. (1992)	10.1016/0040-1951(92)90433-7	T205_305

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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