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Locality Name:
Shila-Paula District, Castilla Province, Arequipa, Peru


mindat Locality ID: 191556
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191556.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shila-Paula District, Castilla Province, Arequipa, Peru": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Apacheta Deposit
Colpa Deposit
Paula Mine
Pillune Deposit
Puncuhuayco Deposit
Sando Alcade Deposit
Shila Mine
Ticlia Deposit
Tocracancha Deposit

Latitude: 15°27'45"S
Longitude: 72°5'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -15.4625,-72.089722222222
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteKaoliniteMicaNonePolybasite
PyriteQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedriteUytenbogaardtite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pearceite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Uytenbogaardtite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S395999,96001,960052793
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)395999,96001,9600527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2395999,96001,9600527198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1960014165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS395999,96001,9600524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu395999,96001,9600530554
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41960015591
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)2196005234
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2296001,9600517380
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]296001,96005249
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]196001716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2395999,96001,9600539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2395999,96001,9600561156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1960051711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)196005969
Silver  (*)CopperAg1960015186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS395999,96001,9600521482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13295999,960051803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13395999,96001,960055317
Uytenbogaardtite  (*)UytenbogaardtiteAg3AuS2296001,9600546


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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