Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Nazca Province, Ica, Peru

mindat Locality ID: 156101
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156101.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nazca Province, Ica, Peru": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Marcona Deposit
Mina Justa Deposit (Justa Cu Deposit)

Latitude: 15°16'59"S
Longitude: 75°6'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -15.283055555556,-75.108333333333

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	Atacamite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Digenite	Feldspar	Malachite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel

Albite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tenorite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Atacamite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diaspore Digenite Feldspar Malachite
Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Spinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	96196	8803
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	96196	544
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	96196	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	96196	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	96196	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	96196	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	96196	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	96196	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	96196	1027
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	96196	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	96196	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	96195,96196	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	96196	12537
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	1	96196	158
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	96195	2273
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	96196	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	96196	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	96196	61156
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	96196	1101

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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