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Locality Name:
General Sánchez Cerro Province, Moquegua, Peru


mindat Locality ID: 210544
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210544.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "General Sánchez Cerro Province, Moquegua, Peru": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Chapi Cu Deposit
Ubinas Volcano

Latitude: 16°33'50"S
Longitude: 71°7'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -16.563888888889,-71.13
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mn O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAtacamiteChalcanthiteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDigeniteEpidoteMalachite
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRhodoniteSulphur

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3196367544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21963675509
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O196367925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1963675707
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1963673531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1963672970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1963671027
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1963678173
Gold  (*)CopperAu19636730554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O319636714640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)219636712537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)219636717380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS219636739462
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)196367969
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1963682045
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1963671101


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