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Locality Name:
Hualgayoc Province, Cajamarca, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 318
Youngest recorded age at locality: 8

mindat Locality ID: 210538
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210538.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hualgayoc Province, Cajamarca, Peru": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cerro Corona
Tantahuatay Cu Deposit

Latitude: 6°44'35"S
Longitude: 78°38'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -6.7430555555556,-78.637222222222

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.

Andalusite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore	Enargite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Alunite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Enargite ()*	Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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 Au Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Diaspore Enargite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Pyrite Pyrophyllite Spinel Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

16 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
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	14.3	12.4	1	96073	966
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	13	8	1	96072	1310
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	13	8	1	96072	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	13	8	1	96072	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	318	8	2	96072,96073	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	14.3	8	2	96072,96073	4165
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	318	8	2	96072,96073	481
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	14.3	8	2	96072,96073	910
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	14.3	12.4	1	96073	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	13	8	1	96072	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	318	8	2	96072,96073	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	318	8	2	96072,96073	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	318	8	2	96072,96073	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	14.3	8	2	96072,96073	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	13	8	1	96072	9056
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	13	8	1	96072	1803

4 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
sedznpb-00366	12.8	12	12.4±0.4			210538	Hualgayoc Province, Cajamarca, Peru	Hualgayoc	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252
PorphCu-00520	13	8	13–8	Andalusite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Diaspore, Enargite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Pyrrhotite	Cu	206943	Cerro Corona, Hualgayoc Province, Cajamarca, Peru	Cerro Corona	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00533	14.3	12.4	14.3 – 12.4	Alunite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Enargite, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite	Cu	206958	Tantahuatay Cu Deposit, Hualgayoc Province, Cajamarca, Peru	Tantahuatay	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00534	318	251	Late Carboniferous–Permian	Albite, Bismuthinite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Hematite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite	Cu	206958	Tantahuatay Cu Deposit, Hualgayoc Province, Cajamarca, Peru	Tekeli	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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