Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Huachocolpa District, Huancavelica Province, Huancavelica, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3

mindat Locality ID: 19936
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19936.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Huachocolpa District, Huancavelica Province, Huancavelica, Peru": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Esperanza 2001 Mine
Recuperada Mine
Teresita Mine

Latitude: 13°7'22"S
Longitude: 74°55'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -13.122777777778,-74.928888888889

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.

Baryte	Blödite	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Feldspar	Geocronite	Gypsum	Marcasite
Mica	None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Baryte ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Changoite ()*	Galena ()*	Geocronite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Veenite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C K Mn O Pb S Sb Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Blödite Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Feldspar Geocronite Gypsum Marcasite
Mica None Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

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
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	7	3	1	96155	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	7	3	0		843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	7	3	1	96155	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	3	1	96155	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	7	3	2	96155,96157	27198
Changoite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Zn(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	7	3	1	96155	6
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7	3	2	96155,96157	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	7	3	0		133
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	7	3	1	96155	6890
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	7	3	1	96155	784
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	7	3	1	96155	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	7	3	0		4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	7	3	1	96155	17380
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	7	3	1	96155	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	3	1	96155	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	3	2	96155,96157	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	7	3	1	96155	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	7	3	0		1711
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	7	3	2	96155,96157	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	7	3	1	96155	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	7	3	1	96155	5317
Veenite ()*	None	Pb₂(Sb,As)₂S₅	7	3	0		9

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
	Hg-00076	7	3		K-Ar						Yes		Cinnabar	Hg	22095	Huancavelica, Peru		Mckee et al. (1986)	10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.489	EG81_489

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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