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Locality Name:
Caylloma Province, Arequipa, Peru


mindat Locality ID: 191538
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191538.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Caylloma Province, Arequipa, Peru": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Arcata Mine
Ares Mine
Caylloma Mine
Chivay District
Madrigal Mine
Veta Trinidad

Latitude: 15°39'59"S
Longitude: 71°50'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -15.666388888889,-71.849444444444
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: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Mn N O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Mn O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlumAluniteArcaniteCalciteClayCopiapiteCoquimbiteCorundumGypsumHalotrichite
KaoliniteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPicromeriteQuartzRocksaltStarkeyiteVoltaite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Alunite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Ammoniojarosite  (*)Boussingaultite  (*)
Copiapite  (*)Coquimbite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Mascagnite  (*)Mohrite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pickeringite  (*)Picromerite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rozenite  (*)
Tschermigite  (*)Voltaite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS0312
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6196013966
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O196013272
Ammoniojarosite  (*)Alunite(NH4)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)619601330
Boussingaultite  (*)Picromerite(NH4)2Mg(SO4)2·6H2O19601330
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O196013382
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O196013136
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1960136890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O196013409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O319601314640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61960132228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41960135591
Mascagnite  (*)Arcanite(NH4)2(SO4)19601361
Mohrite  (*)Picromerite(NH4)2Fe2+(SO4)2·6H2O19601318
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)219601317380
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O196013265
Picromerite  (*)PicromeriteK2Mg(SO4)2·6H2O19601344
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2296013,9601561156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)01711
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O196013293
Tschermigite  (*)Alum(NH4)Al(SO4)2·12H2O19601381
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O196013111


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