Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Celendín Province, Cajamarca, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 20.17
Youngest recorded age at locality: 15.46

mindat Locality ID: 206001
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206001.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Celendín Province, Cajamarca, Peru": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Lucmapampa
Quisquimayoc

Latitude: 7°9'28"S
Longitude: 78°19'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -7.1577777777778,-78.319166666667

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Digenite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stannite	Talc	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*
Anhydrite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Enargite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Luzonite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Sternbergite ()*	Talc ()*

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 Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Digenite Enargite Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite
Spinel Stannite Talc Wurtzite

49 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	15.89	15.46	1	96060	3419
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	20.17	19.87	1	96056	315
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	20.17	19.87	1	96056	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	20.17	19.87	1	96056	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	20.17	15.46	3	96056,96058,96059	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	20.17	15.46	2	96056,96060	1588
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	20.17	19.87	1	96056	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	20.17	16.5	2	96056,96058	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	20.17	19.87	1	96056	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	20.17	15.46	5	96056,96058,96060,96061,96062	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	17.5	16.5	1	96058	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	17.5	15.46	2	96058,96060	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	20.17	15.46	4	96056,96058,96061,96062	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	20.17	15.46	5	96056,96058,96060,96061,96062	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	17.5	16.5	1	96058	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	17.5	16.5	1	96058	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	20.17	15.46	4	96056,96058,96061,96062	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	17.5	16.5	1	96058	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	15.89	15.46	1	96060	4135
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	20.17	19.87	1	96056	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	17.5	15.46	3	96058,96060,96061	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	17.5	16.5	1	96058	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	20.17	19.87	1	96056	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	17.5	15.46	3	96058,96059,96060	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	15.89	15.46	1	96060	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	20.17	19.87	1	96056	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	20.17	15.46	4	96056,96058,96059,96060	14640
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	20.17	19.87	1	96056	469
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	20.17	19.87	1	96056	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	20.17	15.46	3	96056,96058,96059	5591
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	20.17	19.87	1	96056	198
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	17.5	16.5	1	96058	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	20.17	15.46	5	96056,96058,96060,96061,96062	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	20.17	16.5	2	96056,96058	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	20.17	19.87	1	96056	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	20.17	15.46	4	96056,96058,96059,96060	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	20.17	15.46	4	96056,96058,96059,96060	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	20.17	19.87	1	96056	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	20.17	15.46	5	96056,96058,96060,96061,96062	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	20.17	15.46	2	96056,96059	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	20.17	16.5	2	96056,96058	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	20.17	15.46	5	96056,96058,96060,96061,96062	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	20.17	19.87	1	96056	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	20.17	19.87	1	96056	969
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	20.17	19.87	1	96056	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	20.17	19.87	1	96056	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	20.17	19.87	1	96056	586
Sternbergite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃	20.17	19.87	1	96056	62
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	20.17	19.87	1	96056	3337

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	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 ID
PorphCu-00219	20.17	19.87	20.02±0.15	Ar-Ar	Aikinite, Alabandite, Alunite, Anhydrite, Arsenic, Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Enargite, Galena, Gypsum, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Pyrrhotite, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Stephanite, Sternbergite, Talc	Cu	191972	Michiquillay Cu-Au-Mo Deposit, Lucmapampa, Celendín Province, Cajamarca, Peru	Michiquillay	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00218	17.5	16.5	17.5–16.5		Alunite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Digenite, Kaolinite, Mackinawite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite	Cu	191971	El Galeno Cu-Au-Mo Deposit, Quisquimayoc, Celendín Province, Cajamarca, Peru	El Galeno	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00220	15.89	15.46	15.80±0.09 – 15.58±0.12 (Ar-Ar)		Alunite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Epidote, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite	Cu	191973	Minas Conga, Quisquimayoc, Celendín Province, Cajamarca, Peru	Minas Conga	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

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