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Locality Name:
Espinar Province, Cuzco, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 38.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 31

mindat Locality ID: 206442
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206442.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Espinar Province, Cuzco, Peru": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ahuancata
Shila-Paula District

Latitude: 14°56'59"S
Longitude: 71°18'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -14.949722222222,-71.306666666667

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	Brochantite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Digenite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel
Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Brochantite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Covellite Digenite Enargite Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel
Tetrahedrite Titanite Wurtzite Zircon

38 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	33	31	2	96108,96110	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	38.4	31	2	96107,96108	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	38.4	33	2	96107,96110	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	38.4	31	4	96107,96108,96109,96110	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	38	33	2	96109,96110	1633
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	38	33	2	96109,96110	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	38.4	31	4	96107,96108,96109,96110	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	38.4	31	5	96107,96108,96109,96110,96111	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	38.4	33	3	96107,96109,96110	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	38.4	34	2	96107,96109	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	38	31	2	96108,96109	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	38.4	33	2	96107,96110	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	33	31	2	96108,96110	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	38	38	1	96109	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	38.4	31	4	96107,96108,96109,96110	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	38	31	3	96108,96109,96111	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	33	33	2	96110,96111	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	38.4	34	1	96107	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	38	31	2	96108,96109	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	38	38	1	96109	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	38.4	34	1	96107	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	38.4	31	3	96107,96108,96110	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	38.4	33	3	96107,96109,96110	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	31	31	1	96108	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	38.4	31	4	96107,96108,96109,96110	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	38.4	31	3	96107,96108,96110	17380
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]			1	96111	249
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]			1	96111	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	38.4	31	4	96107,96108,96109,96111	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	38	38	1	96109	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	31	31	2	96108,96111	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	38	31	3	96108,96109,96111	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	38.4	31	3	96107,96108,96111	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	33	33	1	96110	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	96111	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	31	31	1	96108	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	33	33	1	96110	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	31	31	1	96108	5251

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	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-00532	38.4	34	38.4–34	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite, Epidote, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	206957	Antapaccay Cu-Au Deposit, Ahuancata, Espinar Province, Cuzco, Peru	Antapaccay	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00530	31	31	31	Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Digenite, Hematite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	206953	Coroccohuayco Cu Deposit, Ahuancata, Espinar Province, Cuzco, Peru	Coroccohuayco	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00525	38	38	38	Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Hematite, Jarosite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite	Cu	206948	Quechua Cu Deposit, Ahuancata, Espinar Province, Cuzco, Peru	Quechua	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00345	33	33	33	Albite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Digenite, Epidote, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Tenorite, Tremolite, Electrum	Cu	206008	Tintaya Mine, Ahuancata, Espinar Province, Cuzco, Peru	Tintaya	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

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