Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Santiago De Chuco Province, La Libertad, Peru

mindat Locality ID: 16452
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16452.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santiago De Chuco Province, La Libertad, Peru": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Alto Dorado Au-Cu Deposit
Quiruvilca District
Yolanda

Latitude: 8°4'17"S
Longitude: 78°14'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -8.0713888888889,-78.233333333333

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Axinite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Diaspore	Enargite	Epidote	Geocronite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	None
Orpiment	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sartorite	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite
Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Tl W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Axinite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Diaspore Enargite Epidote Geocronite Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica None
Orpiment Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Sartorite Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite
Stibnite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

51 IMA Minerals at location:

Alabandite ()*	Alunite ()*	Argentobaumhauerite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Axinite-(Mn) ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chatkalite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Dickite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Famatinite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Galena ()*	Geocronite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gratonite ()*	Hutchinsonite ()*
Jamesonite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Robinsonite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Seligmannite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Velikite ()*
Wurtzite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	96297	312
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	96294	966
Argentobaumhauerite ()*	Sartorite	Ag_1.5Pb₂₂As_33.5S₇₂	1	96297	2
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	1	96297	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	96297	9052
Axinite-(Mn) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Mn²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	1	96297	88
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	96297	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	96297	1935
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	96297	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	96297	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	96294	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	96294,96297	27198
Chatkalite ()*	None	Cu₆FeSn₂S₈	1	96297	8
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	96297	1025
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	96294	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	96297	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	96297	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	96294	8173
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	1	96297	163
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	96297	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	96297	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	1	96297	133
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	96298	7437
Gratonite ()*	None	Pb₉As₄S₁₅	1	96297	24
Hutchinsonite ()*	None	TlPbAs₅S₉	1	96297	8
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	96297	784
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	96294	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	96294,96298	5591
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	96297	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	96294	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	96294	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	96297	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	96294	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	96297	511
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	96294	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	96294,96297	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	96294	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	96297,96298	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	96297	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	96297	1711
Robinsonite ()*	None	Pb₄Sb₆S₁₃	1	96297	39
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	96297	4894
Seligmannite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbAsS₃	1	96297	64
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	96297	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	96297	668
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	96297	3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	96297	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	96294	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	96297	5317
Velikite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂HgSnS₄	1	96295	5
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	1	96297	372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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