Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chincha Province, Ica, Peru

mindat Locality ID: 210541
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210541.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chincha Province, Ica, Peru": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Almacen Cu-Mo Deposit

Latitude: 13°14'3"S
Longitude: 75°54'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -13.234166666667,-75.916388888889

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cubanite	Epidote	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Wurtzite

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 Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cubanite Epidote Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Wurtzite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	96184	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	96184	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	96184	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	96184	802
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	96184	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	96184	24243
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	96184	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	96184	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	96184	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	96184	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	96184	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	96184	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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