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Locality Name:
Aymaraes Province, Apurímac, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 32.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 31.2

mindat Locality ID: 210533
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210533.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aymaraes Province, Apurímac, Peru": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Los Chancas Cu Deposit

Latitude: 14°9'27"S
Longitude: 73°7'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -14.1575,-73.132777777778

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn Mo O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneBrochantiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteMalachite
MicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Antlerite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Ferrimolybdite  (*)Goethite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Neotocite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)432.831.2195959246
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS432.831.21959595516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)632.831.21959591633
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S32.831.21959595707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS232.831.219595927198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O32.831.21959593531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS32.831.21959594165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O32.831.21959592970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S32.831.21959591027
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)32.831.21959598173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O32.831.2195959345
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)32.831.21959597437
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)232.831.219595912537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS232.831.21959595800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)232.831.219595917380
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)32.831.2195959186
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS232.831.219595939462
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO32.831.21959591101



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-0052832.831.232.0±0.8      Antlerite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Digenite, Epidote, Ferrimolybdite, Goethite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Tenorite, NeotociteCu206951Los Chancas Cu Deposit, Aymaraes Province, Apurímac, PeruLos ChancasSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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