Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ferrenate Province, Lambayeque, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 15
Youngest recorded age at locality: 15

mindat Locality ID: 210542
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210542.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ferrenate Province, Lambayeque, Peru": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Cañares

Latitude: 6°4'58"S
Longitude: 79°16'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -6.0827777777778,-79.282777777778

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore
Digenite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Digenite ()*	Enargite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Tremolite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore
Digenite Enargite Epidote Feldspar Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Pyroxene
Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

26 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	15	15	1	96306	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	15	15	1	96306	966
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	15	15	1	96306	3092
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	15	15	1	96306	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	15	15	1	96306	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	15	15	1	96306	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	15	15	1	96306	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	15	15	1	96306	802
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	15	15	1	96306	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	15	15	1	96306	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	15	15	1	96306	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	15	15	1	96306	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	15	15	1	96306	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	15	15	1	96306	30554
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	15	15	1	96306	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	15	15	1	96306	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	15	15	1	96306	2228
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	15	15	1	96306	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	15	15	1	96306	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	15	15	1	96306	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	15	15	1	96306	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	15	15	1	96306	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	15	15	1	96306	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	15	15	1	96306	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	15	15	1	96306	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	15	15	1	96306	2562

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-00346	15	15	15									Albite, Alunite, Ankerite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cubanite, Digenite, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Goethite, Gold, Hedenbergite, Hematite, Jarosite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tremolite	Cu	206009	Cañariaco Cu Deposit, Cañares, Ferrenate Province, Lambayeque, Peru	Cañariaco	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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