Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Arequipa Province, Arequipa, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 62.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 57

mindat Locality ID: 156108
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156108.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arequipa Province, Arequipa, Peru": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Arequipa
Cocachacra
Uchumayo District

Latitude: 16°32'44"S
Longitude: 71°33'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -16.545555555556,-71.551944444444

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Amphibole	Atacamite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Digenite	Dumortierite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar
Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite
Titanite	Wurtzite

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 B C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Amphibole Atacamite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite
Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Digenite Dumortierite Enargite Epidote Feldspar
Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Sulphur Tetrahedrite
Titanite Wurtzite

53 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anatase ()*
Anhydrite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dumortierite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*
Ferberite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Inyoite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Mackinawite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Ulexite ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	95981	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	95975	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	95975,95981	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	62.5	61.1	1	95978	966
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	95975	2162
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	62.5	61.1	1	95978	1588
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	62.5	57	2	95977,95978	246
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	62.5	61.1	1	95980	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	57	57	1	95977	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	62.5	57	4	95975,95977,95978,95981	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	62.5	57	2	95977,95978	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	95975,95981	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	62.5	61.1	1	95978	309
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	62.5	57	4	95975,95977,95978,95981	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	62.5	57	4	95975,95977,95978,95981	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	62.5	57	2	95977,95978	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	62.5	61.1	1	95978	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	62.5	57	3	95977,95978,95981	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	62.5	61.1	1	95978	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	57	57	1	95977	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	95981	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	95975	4135
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	62.5	61.1	1	95978	231
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	62.5	61.1	1	95978	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	95975,95981	8173
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	62.5	61.1	1	95978	551
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	62.5	57	3	95977,95978,95981	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	62.5	61.1	1	95978	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			2	95975,95981	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	62.5	57	4	95975,95977,95978,95981	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	62.5	61.1	2	95978,95981	5433
Inyoite ()*	None	CaB₃O₃(OH)₅·4H₂O			1	95973	34
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	62.5	61.1	2	95978,95981	5591
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	62.5	61.1	1	95978	198
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	62.5	61.1	1	95978	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	62.5	61.1	3	95975,95978,95981	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	62.5	57	3	95977,95978,95981	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	62.5	61.1	2	95978,95981	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	95981	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	62.5	57	4	95975,95977,95978,95981	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	62.5	57	4	95975,95977,95978,95981	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	95975	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	62.5	61.1	1	95978	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	95981	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	62.5	61.1	2	95979,95981	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	95981	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	62.5	57	3	95977,95978,95981	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	95972	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	62.5	61.1	1	95978	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	57	57	1	95977	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	95981	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			2	95975,95981	4899
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O			1	95973	160

2 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
	PorphCu-00521	57	57	57									Antlerite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tenorite	Cu	206944	Cerro Negro Cu Deposit, Uchumayo District, Arequipa Province, Arequipa, Peru	Cerro Negro	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	PorphCu-00119	62.5	61.1	61.8±0.7									Alunite, Anhydrite, Antlerite, Bornite, Brochantite, Celadonite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cubanite, Enargite, Ferberite, Galena, Goethite, Hematite, Ilmenite, Kaolinite, Luzonite, Mackinawite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite	Cu	55598	Santa Rosa Pit (Santa Rosa Mine), Cerro Verde Mine, Uchumayo District, Arequipa Province, Arequipa, Peru	Cerro Verde/Santa Rosa	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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