Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Áncash, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 18221
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18221.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Áncash, Peru": 59
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 40

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Aija Province
Antamina Mine
Antonio Raymondi Province
Asunción Province
Bolognesi Province
Carhuaz Province
Casma Province
Cerro Quesgar (Cantera Quesgar; Cerro Quesge)
Corongo Province
Huaylas Province
Mirador
Pallasca Province
Pomabamba Province
Pucarrajo Mine
Recuay Province
Santa Cruz Mine
Sihuas Province

Latitude: 8°51'46"S
Longitude: 77°36'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -8.8627777777778,-77.605

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	Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Argyrodite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Axinite	Baryte	Bournonite
Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copiapite	Copper	Covellite
Digenite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Germanite	Gypsum	Jalpaite	Kaolinite
Lillianite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Polybasite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Talc
Tetrahedrite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Tungstite	Vesuvianite	Vivianite	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 Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amphibole Apatite Argyrodite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Axinite Baryte Bournonite
Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copiapite Copper Covellite
Digenite Enargite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Germanite Gypsum Jalpaite Kaolinite
Lillianite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Natrolite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Orpiment Polybasite Prehnite Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Talc
Tetrahedrite Topaz Tourmaline Tungstite Vesuvianite Vivianite Wurtzite

103 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*
Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Augelite ()*	Axinite-(Mn) ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bindheimite ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Canfieldite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Colusite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Copper ()*	Cosalite ()*	Cotunnite ()*
Covellite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Cronstedtite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*
Euclase ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Helvine ()*	Hessite ()*	Hocartite ()*	Huanzalaite ()*
Hübnerite ()*	Jalpaite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kësterite ()*
Kiddcreekite ()*	Lillianite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Meneghinite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Seligmannite ()*	Sellaite ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stephanite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Stolzite ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*	Tungstenite ()*	Tungstite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Vivianite ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Wurtzite ()*

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	9.2	7.7	2	95908,95951	2793
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	9.2	7.7	1	95908	315
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	9.2	7.7	3	95906,95908,95911	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	9.2	7.7	1	95908	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	95912	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	95917	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	14.7	7.7	2	95908,95924	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	95910	3092
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As			2	95933,95939	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9.2	7.7	5	95908,95910,95933,95945,95951	9052
Augelite ()*	None	Al₂(PO₄)(OH)₃			1	95933	79
Axinite-(Mn) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Mn²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂			2	95910,95911	88
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	95910	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	9.2	7.7	1	95908	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇			2	95930,95944	450
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	9.2	7.7	1	95908	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	23	2.6	5	95908,95920,95924,95928,95933	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	9.2	7.7	3	95908,95945,95951	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃			5	95898,95909,95910,95933,95951	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	10	7.7	9	95898,95899,95905,95906,95908,95910,95933,95939,95945	27770
Canfieldite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈SnS₆	9.2	7.7	1	95908	91
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	9.2	7.7	1	95908	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	16	7.7	3	95908,95924,95928	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	23	2.6	10	95898,95908,95909,95910,95920,95924,95928,95933,95945,95951	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	95952	2600
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	9.2	7.7	1	95908	110
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O			1	95925	382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	9.2	7.7	2	95908,95910	3846
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	9.2	7.7	1	95908	344
Cotunnite ()*	None	PbCl₂			1	95931	54
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	16	14.6	2	95924,95928	4165
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	9.2	7.7	1	95908	310
Cronstedtite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₃(Si,Fe³⁺)₂O₅(OH)₄	9.2	7.7	1	95908	54
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	14.7	7.7	2	95908,95924	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	10	7.7	2	95899,95908	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9.2	7.7	4	95898,95908,95910,95939	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	95912	648
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	9.2	7.7	1	95908	246
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	9.2	7.7	4	95898,95908,95933,95939	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	16	7.7	4	95905,95908,95924,95928	8173
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)			1	95933	120
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	9.2	7.7	2	95908,95933	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9.2	7.7	5	95908,95910,95933,95936,95939	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	16	7.7	9	95898,95908,95909,95910,95924,95928,95939,95945,95951	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	9.2	7.7	2	95908,95910	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	9.2	7.7	1	95908	6890
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S			1	95910	237
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	9.2	7.7	1	95908	804
Hocartite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Ag₂FeSnS₄	9.2	7.7	1	95908	31
Huanzalaite ()*	Columbite	Mg(WO₄)	9.2	7.7	1	95908	3
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	9.2	7.7	4	95908,95929,95933,95939	469
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	9.2	7.7	1	95908	116
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄			2	95898,95951	784
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	16	7.7	3	95908,95924,95928	5591
Kësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂ZnSnS₄	9.2	7.7	1	95908	82
Kiddcreekite ()*	None	Cu₆WSnS₈	9.2	7.7	1	95908	9
Lillianite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆	9.2	7.7	1	95908	128
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	9.2	7.7	1	95908	198
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	95923	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14.7	14.7	2	95910,95924	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	95910	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	95910	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			2	95922,95952	915
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄			1	95945	158
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	23	2.6	5	95920,95924,95928,95933,95939	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	9.2	7.7	1	95908	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	23	2.6	7	95908,95910,95918,95920,95924,95928,95933	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	9.2	7.7	1	95908	1236
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃			1	95898	511
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	9.2	7.7	1	95908	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	10	10	1	95899	2273
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	9.2	7.7	1	95908	716
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	9.2	7.7	1	95908	1898
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	9.2	7.7	1	95908	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	23	2.6	13	95906,95908,95909,95910,95920,95922,95924,95928,95933,95939,95945,95951,95952	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	23	2.6	7	95898,95906,95908,95910,95920,95924,95945	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	14.7	7.7	15	95898,95905,95906,95908,95909,95910,95912,95916,95918,95921,95933,95936,95939,95945,95951	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS			1	95898	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	9.2	7.7	7	95898,95906,95908,95910,95933,95939,95951	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	9.2	7.7	4	95906,95908,95910,95911	969
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	9.2	7.7	4	95908,95933,95939,95945	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			1	95909	1153
Seligmannite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbAsS₃			1	95951	64
Sellaite ()*	Rutile	MgF₂	9.2	7.7	1	95908	46
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	9.2	7.7	3	95908,95910,95939	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	9.2	7.7	2	95908,95910	5186
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	95911	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	16	7.7	10	95898,95906,95908,95910,95924,95928,95933,95939,95945,95951	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	9.2	7.7	1	95908	668
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	9.2	7.7	1	95908	586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			2	95898,95951	3418
Stolzite ()*	Scheelite	Pb(WO₄)			1	95933	156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	9.2	7.7	1	95908	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	9.2	7.7	4	95898,95908,95910,95933	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	16	14.6	7	95898,95909,95910,95928,95933,95939,95951	5317
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			1	95933	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	10	7.7	2	95899,95908	2562
Tungstenite ()*	Molybdenite	WS₂	9.2	7.7	1	95908	28
Tungstite ()*	Tungstite	WO₃·H₂O			1	95933	118
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	9.2	7.7	2	95908,95917	1395
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	95933	636
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	9.2	7.7	1	95908	297
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	9.2	7.7	3	95898,95908,95910	372

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	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 ID
sedznpb-00360	10	10	10			248651	Antamina Mine, Áncash, Peru	Antamina	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252
sedznpb-00367	9.2	7.7	9.2–7.7			5783	Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peru	Huanzala	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252
PorphCu-00545	23	2.6	Miocene-Pliocene	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite	Cu	207061	Aguila Cu Deposit, Corongo Province, Áncash, Peru	Aguila	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00538	14.7	14.7	14.7	Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Digenite, Epidote, Galena, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite	Cu	206962	Pashpap Cu-Mo Deposit, Huaylas Province, Áncash, Peru	Pashpap	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00524	16	14.6	15.3±0.7	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Epidote, Galena, Kaolinite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	206947	Magistral Cu-Mo Deposit, Conchucos District, Pallasca Province, Áncash, Peru	Magistral	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R110022	Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peru	https://rruff.info/R110022
R060116	Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peru	https://rruff.info/R060116
R050070	Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peru	https://rruff.info/R050070
R050190	Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peru	https://rruff.info/R050190
R090037	Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peru	https://rruff.info/R090037
R110024	Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peru	https://rruff.info/R110024
R050139	Pasto Bueno, Pampas District, Pallasca Province, Áncash, Peru	https://rruff.info/R050139
R050556	Pasto Bueno, Pampas District, Pallasca Province, Áncash, Peru	https://rruff.info/R050556

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