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:
Pisco Province, Ica, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 156104
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156104.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pisco Province, Ica, Peru": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Angelina Copper Mine (Angelina III Mine)
Humay
North Chincha Island
Pisco
Quebrada Rio Seco
Tambo Colorado

Latitude: 13°41'52"S
Longitude: 76°3'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -13.697777777778,-76.053333333333

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	Amorphous	Amphibole	Arcanite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scapolite	Sphalerite	Spinel

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Arcanite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Copper ()*	Epidote ()*	Guanine ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marialite ()*
Mascagnite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Salammoniac ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Teschemacherite ()*

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 Mo N Na O S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Arcanite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scapolite Sphalerite Spinel

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	96212	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	96212	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	96211	1534
Arcanite ()*	Arcanite	K₂(SO₄)	0	0	1	96206	30
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	96205,96212	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			2	96205,96212	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	96205,96212	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	96212	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	96205,96212	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	96203	3531
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	96203	1025
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	96203	3846
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	96203,96214	8173
Guanine ()*	None	C₅H₃(NH₂)N₄O	0	0	1	96206	7
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			3	96205,96210,96212	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			1	96210	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	96205,96212	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	96212	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			3	96203,96205,96212	12537
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl			1	96214	139
Mascagnite ()*	Arcanite	(NH₄)₂(SO₄)	0	0	1	96206	61
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			2	96205,96212	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	96212	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	96207	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	96205,96212	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	96212	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			3	96203,96205,96212	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	96212	5614
Salammoniac ()*	None	(NH₄)Cl	0	0	1	96206	105
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	96212	21482
Teschemacherite ()*	None	(NH₄)H(CO₃)	0	0	1	96206	6

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_0024	Guano deposit

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
	Michelle_0024	0	0	0		Age of mineralization							Guanine, Uricite		2566	North Chincha Island, Pisco Province, Ica, Peru	North Chincha Island	Bridge (1974)	10.1180/minmag.1974.039.308.08	MM39_889	Mineralization occurs in guano as TL. Guanine was first discovered in 1844 by Unger at this locality but was not officially recognized as a mineral until 1973

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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