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Locality Name:
Chaucha Cu-Mo Deposit, Azuay Province, Ecuador

Oldest recorded age at locality: 12
Youngest recorded age at locality: 9.48

mindat Locality ID: 206856
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206856.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chaucha Cu-Mo Deposit, Azuay Province, Ecuador": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 2°55'59"S
Longitude: 79°24'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -2.9330555555556,-79.416388888889

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	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite
Epidote	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Spinel

Alunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Tenorite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite
Epidote Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Spinel

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	12	10	966
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	12	10	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	12	9.48	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	12	10	5516
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	12	10	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	12	10	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	12	10	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	12	10	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	12	10	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	12	10	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	12	10	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	12	10	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	12	10	345
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	12	9.48	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	12	10	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	12	9.48	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	12	10	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	12	10	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12	10	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	12	10	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	12	9.48	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	12	10	39462
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	12	10	1101

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_358	Granodiorite pluton stock

2 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
	Michelle_358	10.06	9.48	9.77±0.29		Age of granodiorite intrusion									206856	Chaucha Cu-Mo Deposit, Azuay Province, Ecuador	Chaucha District	Caelles et al. (1971)	10.2113/gsecongeo.66.6.961	EG66_961	Age of granodiorite intrusion
	PorphCu-00497	12	10	12–10									Alunite, Bornite, Chalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Ferrimolybdite, Gypsum, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Tenorite	Cu	206856	Chaucha Cu-Mo Deposit, Azuay Province, Ecuador	Chaucha	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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