Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cutervo Province, Cajamarca, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 14
Youngest recorded age at locality: 10

mindat Locality ID: 210537
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210537.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cutervo Province, Cajamarca, Peru": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
La Granja Cu Deposit

Latitude: 6°21'29"S
Longitude: 79°7'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -6.3580555555556,-79.118888888889

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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Covellite	Diaspore	Enargite	Epidote	Kaolinite
Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Rutile	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Wollastonite
Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Alunite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Bornite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Enargite ()*
Epidote ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Rutile ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 As Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Covellite Diaspore Enargite Epidote Kaolinite
Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Rutile Spinel Tetrahedrite Wollastonite
Wurtzite

20 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	14	10	1	96069	3419
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	14	10	1	96069	966
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	14	10	1	96069	1310
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	14	10	1	96069	1588
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	14	10	1	96069	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	14	10	1	96069	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	14	10	1	96069	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	14	10	1	96069	4165
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	14	10	1	96069	481
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	14	10	1	96069	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	14	10	1	96069	8173
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	14	10	1	96069	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14	10	1	96069	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	14	10	1	96069	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	14	10	1	96069	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	14	10	1	96069	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	14	10	1	96069	771
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	14	10	1	96069	5614
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	14	10	1	96069	1803
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	14	10	1	96069	1247

1 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
	PorphCu-00540	14	10	14–10									Actinolite, Alunite, Andalusite, Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Diaspore, Enargite, Epidote, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Rutile, Wollastonite	Cu	207057	La Granja Cu Deposit, Cutervo Province, Cajamarca, Peru	La Granja	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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