Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tinyahuarco District, Pasco Province, Pasco, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 11.68
Youngest recorded age at locality: 10.6

mindat Locality ID: 214326
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-214326.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tinyahuarco District, Pasco Province, Pasco, Peru": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Colquijirca Mining District
Racracancha Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Enargite
Germanite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Alunite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Colusite ()*	Covellite ()*
Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Ferberite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Goldfieldite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Luzonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stromeyerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Zunyite ()*

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Te V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Digenite Enargite
Germanite Kaolinite Marcasite Melanterite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

34 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
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	11.6	10.6	1	96400	966
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	11.6	10.6	1	96400	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11.6	10.6	1	96400	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	11.6	10.6	1	96400	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	11.6	10.6	1	96400	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	11.6	10.6	2	96400,96403	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	11.6	10.6	1	96400	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	11.6	10.6	1	96400	27198
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	11.6	10.6	1	96400	110
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	11.6	10.6	1	96400	4165
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	11.6	10.6	1	96400	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	11.6	10.6	1	96400	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	11.6	10.6	1	96400	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	11.6	10.6	1	96400	910
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	11.6	10.6	1	96400	551
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	11.68	10.6	3	96400,96401,96403	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	11.6	10.6	2	96400,96402	30554
Goldfieldite ()*	Tetrahedrite	(Cu₄ ₂)Cu₆Te₄S₁₃	11.6	10.6	1	96400	72
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	11.6	10.6	1	96400	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	11.6	10.6	1	96400	5591
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	11.6	10.6	1	96400	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	11.6	10.6	1	96400	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	11.6	10.6	1	96400	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	11.6	10.6	1	96400	915
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	11.6	10.6	1	96400	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	11.6	10.6	2	96400,96403	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	11.6	10.6	2	96400,96403	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	11.6	10.6	1	96400	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	11.6	10.6	1	96400	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	11.68	10.6	3	96400,96401,96403	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	11.6	10.6	1	96400	332
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	11.6	10.6	1	96400	1803
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	11.6	10.6	1	96400	297
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	11.6	10.6	1	96400	86

2 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
	sedznpb-00364	11.6	10.6	10.6–11.6											7813	Colquijirca Mine, Colquijirca Mining District, Tinyahuarco District, Pasco Province, Pasco, Peru	Colquijirca	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252
	sedznpb-00369	11.68	11.52	11.6±0.08											257628	San Gregorio Deposit, Colquijirca Mining District, Tinyahuarco District, Pasco Province, Pasco, Peru	San Gregorio	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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