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:
Otuzco Province, La Libertad, Peru

mindat Locality ID: 206444
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206444.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Otuzco Province, La Libertad, Peru": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Carabamba
Huaranchal
Otuzco
Salpo

Latitude: 7°39'19"S
Longitude: 78°26'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -7.6552777777778,-78.437222222222

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.

Clay	Coquimbite	Kaolinite	None	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Topaz

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 Cl F Fe H K O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Coquimbite Kaolinite None Pyrophyllite Quartz Topaz

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Alunite ()*	Coquimbite ()*	Dickite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Quartz ()*	Topaz ()*	Zunyite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	96262	966
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	1	96263	136
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	96262	651
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	96262	5591
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	96262	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	96258,96262	61156
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	96262	1476
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	1	96262	86

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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