Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cañete Province, Lima, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 210543
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210543.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cañete Province, Lima, Peru": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Coayllo
Los Pinos Cu Deposit
Miraflores Jasper Occurrence
Raúl-Condestable Mine
San Vincente De Cañete

Latitude: 12°49'56"S
Longitude: 76°19'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -12.832222222222,-76.321666666667

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Malachite	Marcasite
Melanterite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Malachite Marcasite
Melanterite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Tetrahedrite Titanite

24 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	145	66	1	96321	3419
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	145	66	1	96321	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	145	66	1	96319	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	66	2	96319,96321	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	145	66	0		3531
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	96323	1025
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	145	66	1	96319	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	96318,96323	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	66	2	96319,96321	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	145	66	1	96321	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	145	66	1	96321	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	145	66	1	96321	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	145	66	1	96319	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	145	66	1	96321	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	145	66	1	96321	915
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	145	66	2	96319,96321	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	145	66	2	96319,96321	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	2	96319,96321	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	145	66	2	96319,96321	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145	66	2	96320,96321	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	66	2	96319,96321	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	145	66	1	96319	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	96318	4899
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	145	66	1	96321	1025

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
	vms-00709	145	66	Cretaceous											238301	Raúl-Condestable Mine, Cañete Province, Lima, Peru	Raul-Condestable	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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