Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lampa Province, Puno, Peru

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

mindat Locality ID: 191545
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191545.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lampa Province, Puno, Peru": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Berenguela Mine
Cabanillas District
Cerro Azul Mine
Copacabana Mine
Palca Mine
Pomasi Mine
San Salvador De Patillani Mine
Santa Barbara Mine
Tacaza Mine

Latitude: 15°36'11"S
Longitude: 70°40'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -15.603055555556,-70.681388888889

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	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite
Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Stannite

Acanthite ()*	Almandine ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Ferberite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Siderite ()*	Stannite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo O S Si Sn W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copper Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite
Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Scheelite
Sphalerite Stannite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

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	96456	2793
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	96456	2353
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	96456	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	96456	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	23	2.6	1	96462	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	96456	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	23	2.6	1	96462	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	23	2.6	3	96453,96456,96462	27198
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)			1	96456	551
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	96456	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			5	96452,96453,96454,96455,96457	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	23	2.6	1	96462	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	23	2.6	1	96462	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	96456	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	96456	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	96456	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	23	2.6	3	96453,96456,96462	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	96456	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			3	96453,96456,96457	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	96456	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	96456	6417
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄			1	96456	668

1 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-00529	23	2.6	Late Tertiary									Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Kaolinite, Pyrite	Cu	206952	San Salvador De Patillani Mine, Lampa Province, Puno, Peru	San Salvador de Patillani	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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