Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Jaén Province, Cajamarca, Peru

mindat Locality ID: 206443
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206443.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jaén Province, Cajamarca, Peru": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
San Felipe

Latitude: 5°42'33"S
Longitude: 79°14'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -5.7091666666667,-79.243333333333

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.

Alunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote
Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Spinel

Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*

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: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Epidote
Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Spinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	96076	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	96076	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	96076,96077	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	96076,96077	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	96076,96077	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	96077	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	96077	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	96077	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	96077	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	96077	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	96077	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	96076	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	96077	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	96076,96077	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	96076,96077	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	96076,96077	39462

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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