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Locality Name:
Cotabambas Province, Apurímac, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 36.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.3

mindat Locality ID: 206955
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206955.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cotabambas Province, Apurímac, Peru": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Ccalla Cu Deposit
Cotabambas Cu-Au Deposit
Ferrobamba
Las Bambas District

Latitude: 13°58'56"S
Longitude: 72°20'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -13.982222222222,-72.348888888889

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	Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore
Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*
Cubanite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Cubanite Diaspore
Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Wurtzite

28 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			2	95964,95967	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	95964,95967	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	23	5.3	1	95963	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	23	5.3	1	95963	1588
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	36.6	5.3	5	95962,95963,95964,95966,95967	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	95967	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	36.6	5.3	3	95962,95963,95966	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	36.6	5.3	5	95962,95963,95964,95966,95967	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			2	95964,95967	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	95967	3846
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	36.5	34.7	1	95966	802
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	95967	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	36.6	5.3	3	95962,95963,95967	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	23	5.3	1	95963	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	95967	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	23	5.3	1	95963	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	23	5.3	1	95963	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	23	5.3	1	95963	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	36.6	5.3	4	95962,95963,95966,95967	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	36.5	34.7	2	95966,95967	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	23	5.3	2	95963,95964	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	36.6	5.3	4	95962,95963,95966,95967	17380
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)			1	95967	186
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	36.6	5.3	4	95962,95963,95966,95967	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	95964,95967	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	23	5.3	1	95963	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	23	5.3	1	95963	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	23	5.3	1	95963	4899

3 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-00670	36.6	34.8	35.7±0.9		Cu	228082	Ccalla Cu Deposit, Cotabambas Province, Apurímac, Peru	Ccalla	Singer et al. (2005)	USGSOFR2005_1060
PorphCu-00531	23	5.3	Miocene	Alunite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Rutile, Sphalerite	Cu	206956	Cotabambas Cu-Au Deposit, Cotabambas Province, Apurímac, Peru	Cotabambas	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00523	36.5	34.7	35.6±0.9	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite	Cu	206946	Chalcobamba Cu Deposit, Las Bambas District, Cotabambas Province, Apurímac, Peru	Chalcobamba	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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