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Locality Name:
Pasco Province, Pasco, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 30
Youngest recorded age at locality: 10.6

mindat Locality ID: 189216
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189216.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pasco Province, Pasco, Peru": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Cerro De Pasco
Chaupimarca District
Huachón District
Huayllay District
Simón Bolívar District
Tinyahuarco District

Latitude: 10°42'57"S
Longitude: 76°23'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -10.715833333333,-76.393333333333
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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Te Ti V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteCaledoniteChalcanthiteChalcopyrite
ChalcostibiteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopiapiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteDiaspore
DigeniteEnargiteEpidoteEpsomiteFluoriteGermaniteGypsumHewettiteKaoliniteKieserite
MalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaMinasragriteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentPascoite
PyriteQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutileRömeriteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStarkeyite
StibniteStraczekiteTetrahedriteValleriiteWurtzite

98 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Bariandite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Colusite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cuprobismutite  (*)Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Dimorphite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dwornikite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)Famatinite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fernandinite  (*)
Fibroferrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Goldfieldite  (*)Goslarite  (*)Gratonite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hewettite  (*)Hinsdalite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mallardite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Matildite  (*)Melanovanadite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Minasragrite  (*)Minrecordite  (*)Morenosite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Orpiment  (*)Pascoite  (*)Patrónite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)
Retgersite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Rhomboclase  (*)Römerite  (*)
Roscoelite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Schwertmannite  (*)Seligmannite  (*)Sherwoodite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stanleyite  (*)
Starkeyite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Svanbergite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Valleriite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Zunyite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS3030196382312
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)63010.6396381,96397,96400966
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)296381,963892734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)215.410.6296397,964003092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3030296382,963939052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)230301963815509
Bariandite  (*)StraczekiteAl0.6(V5+,V4+)8O20·9H2O1963956
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3010.6496383,96389,96397,9640011547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S315.410.6396388,96397,964001935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411.610.6296388,964005516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS33030296383,963851089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3010.6996381,96382,96383,96385,96388,96389,96390,96400,9640327770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6196389359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)296388,963894979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O196387925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3010.6296381,964005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23010.6496381,96382,96397,9640027198
Colusite  (*)Sphalerite GermaniteCu13VAs3S1611.610.6196400110
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O15.414.4196397382
Copper  (*)CopperCu3030296381,963953846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11.610.6396381,96388,964004165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O30301963812970
Cuprobismutite  (*)NoneCu8AgBi13S2415.414.419639743
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43010.6396381,96397,96400651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S11.610.61964001027
Dimorphite  (*)NoneAs4S31963885
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)215.410.6496381,96388,96397,964009895
Dwornikite  (*)KieseriteNi(SO4)·H2O1963953
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS215.414.4196397246
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS415.410.6596381,96386,96388,96397,96400910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)30301963818173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O196387484
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS43014.4296381,96397163
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)11.610.6196400551
Fernandinite  (*)Straczekite(Ca,Na,K)0.9(V5+,V4+,Fe2+,Ti)8O20·4H2O1963957
Fibroferrite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O196388107
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23030396382,96383,963859617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3010.61096381,96382,96383,96385,96388,96393,96397,96400,96401,9640324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1963897437
Gold  (*)CopperAu11.610.6396392,96400,9640230554
Goldfieldite  (*)Tetrahedrite(Cu4   2)Cu6Te4S1311.610.619640072
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O296387,96388188
Gratonite  (*)NonePb9As4S1515.414.4396381,96388,9639724
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O296388,963956890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315.410.6496381,96388,96397,9640014640
Hewettite  (*)HewettiteCaV5+6O16·9H2O19639558
Hinsdalite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)615.414.419639782
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2196389201
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61963891066
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S143030296382,96383784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61963882228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)415.410.6296397,964005591
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)23030196385234
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS411.610.6496381,96386,96388,96400198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415.410.6596381,96388,96390,96397,9640014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2303019638112537
Mallardite  (*)MelanteriteMn(SO4)·7H2O19638814
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23010.6396381,96382,964005674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS215.414.4196397252
Melanovanadite  (*)NoneCa(V5+,V4+)4O10·5H2O19639520
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O11.610.6296388,96400915
Minasragrite  (*)MinasragriteV4+O(SO4)·5H2O1963952
Minrecordite  (*)NoneCaZn(CO3)215.414.41963978
Morenosite  (*)EpsomiteNi(SO4)·7H2O19639584
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)211.610.6396381,96388,9640017380
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S33030296382,96383511
Pascoite  (*)PascoiteCa3V5+10O28·17H2O19639578
Patrónite  (*)NoneVS4296390,963958
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6196389477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23010.61396381,96382,96383,96385,96386,96388,96389,96390,96393,96395,96397,96400,9640339462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21963883106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1963891725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83014.4296381,963979056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23010.61196381,96382,96383,96385,96388,96389,96392,96393,96397,96400,9640361156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS3030296382,96383712
Retgersite  (*)NoneNi(SO4)·6H2O19639555
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)3030396382,96383,963851711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)3030196385969
Rhomboclase  (*)Not in a structural group(H5O2)Fe3+(SO4)2·2H2O19638753
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O196387115
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2196395253
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O196388293
Schwertmannite  (*)CoronaditeFe3+16O16(OH)9.6(SO4)3.2·10H2O19638837
Seligmannite  (*)BournoniteCuPbAsS319638864
Sherwoodite  (*)NoneCa5.5(AlV4+V5+12O39)·28H2O19639520
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3010.6496385,96388,96397,964006417
Silver  (*)CopperAg11.610.6396381,96389,964005186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1963892473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3010.6996381,96382,96383,96388,96393,96397,96400,96401,9640321482
Stanleyite  (*)NoneV4+O(SO4)·6H2O1963952
Starkeyite  (*)StarkeyiteMg(SO4)·4H2O19638879
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS11.610.6196400332
Svanbergite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)615.414.4196397105
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1315.410.6396388,96397,964001803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133014.4296385,963975317
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]3030196383237
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS311.610.6196400297
Zunyite  (*)NoneAl13Si5O20(OH,F)18Cl3010.6296381,9640086


4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedznpb-00361303030        185808Atacocha Mine, Atacocha Mining District, Cerro De Pasco, Pasco Province, Pasco, PeruAtacochaSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
sedznpb-0036315.414.415.4–14.4        189218Cerro De Pasco Mine (Paragsha Mine), Simón Bolívar District, Pasco Province, Pasco, PeruCerro de PascoSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
sedznpb-0036411.610.610.6–11.6        7813Colquijirca Mine, Colquijirca Mining District, Tinyahuarco District, Pasco Province, Pasco, PeruColquijircaSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
sedznpb-0036911.6811.5211.6±0.08        257628San Gregorio Deposit, Colquijirca Mining District, Tinyahuarco District, Pasco Province, Pasco, PeruSan GregorioSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070167Cerro De Pasco, Pasco Province, Pasco, Peruhttps://rruff.info/R070167
R050365Cerro De Pasco, Pasco Province, Pasco, Peruhttps://rruff.info/R050365
R130119Cerro De Pasco, Pasco Province, Pasco, Peruhttps://rruff.info/R130119
R070694Ragra Mine (Minasragra), Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco, Peruhttps://rruff.info/R070694
R050555Ragra Mine (Minasragra), Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco, Peruhttps://rruff.info/R050555
R060131Ragra Mine (Minasragra), Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco, Peruhttps://rruff.info/R060131
R130365Ragra Mine (Minasragra), Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco, Peruhttps://rruff.info/R130365
R070737Ragra Mine (Minasragra), Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco, Peruhttps://rruff.info/R070737
R130366Ragra Mine (Minasragra), Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco, Peruhttps://rruff.info/R130366

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