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Locality Name:
Conchucos District, Pallasca Province, Áncash, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 16
Youngest recorded age at locality: 14.6

mindat Locality ID: 210531
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210531.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Conchucos District, Pallasca Province, Áncash, Peru": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Magistral Cu-Mo Deposit
Pelagatos Mine

Latitude: 8°12'54"S
Longitude: 77°46'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -8.215,-77.771388888889
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCovelliteEpidoteKaoliniteMicaMolybdeniteNone
PyriteRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41614.61959285516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1614.61959285707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21614.619592827198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1614.61959284165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1614.61959288173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1614.619592824243
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)195929469
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41614.61959285591
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21614.61959285800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21614.619592817380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21614.619592839462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1614.619592821482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131614.61959285317


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
PorphCu-005241614.615.3±0.7      Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Epidote, Galena, Kaolinite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, SphaleriteCu206947Magistral Cu-Mo Deposit, Conchucos District, Pallasca Province, Áncash, PeruMagistralSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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