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Locality Name:
Quebrada Rio Seco, Pisco Province, Ica, Peru


mindat Locality ID: 210918
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210918.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Quebrada Rio Seco, Pisco Province, Ica, Peru": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mina Eliana

Latitude: 13°45'58"S
Longitude: 75°42'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -13.766111111111,-75.716111111111
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Fe O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumFeldsparGarnetGypsumMalachiteMica
MolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileSphaleriteSpinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21962123419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1962128803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21962125509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41962125516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)19621227770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1962125707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS219621227198
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1962126890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O319621214640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O419621214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)219621212537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21962125800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)219621217380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS219621239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81962129056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO219621261156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21962125614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS19621221482


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