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Locality Name:
Ica Province, Ica, Peru


mindat Locality ID: 156103
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156103.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Andaymarca
Chavez Prospect
Ica

Latitude: 14°4'51"S
Longitude: 75°22'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -14.080833333333,-75.383055555556
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: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumCovelliteDigeniteEnargite
EpidoteKaoliniteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPalygorskitePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelWurtzite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Palygorskite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4296189,961905516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)19619027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S296189,961905707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2296189,9619027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1961903531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS296189,961904165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1961902970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1961891027
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4196190910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1961898173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS19619024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O319619014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41961905591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O419618914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)219619012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2296189,961905800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2296189,9619017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1961922994
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O196192306
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2296189,9619039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81961899056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO219619261156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS19619021482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1961901101


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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