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Locality Name:
Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3

mindat Locality ID: 22575
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22575.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica, Peru": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Capilla District
Castrovirreyna District
Chacoya
Palomo Mine
Pampa Blanca District
Tingo Cu Deposit

Latitude: 13°26'45"S
Longitude: 75°14'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -13.445833333333,-75.246944444444

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Aramayoite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Enargite	Epidote	Fluorite	Garnet	Geocronite	Gypsum
Malachite	Marcasite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Polybasite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sartorite	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite
Wurtzite

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 B Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Aramayoite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Enargite Epidote Fluorite Garnet Geocronite Gypsum
Malachite Marcasite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Orpiment Polybasite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sartorite Scheelite Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Tourmaline Vesuvianite
Wurtzite

60 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anorpiment ()*	Aramayoite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Baumstarkite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Covellite ()*
Diaphorite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dufrénoysite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*
Famatinite ()*	Fibroferrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Gladite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jordanite ()*
Kësterite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pararealgar ()*	Pearceite ()*
Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Realgar ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Robinsonite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*
Seligmannite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*
Stephanite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	7	3	1	96136	2793
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	7	3	1	96145	1534
Anorpiment ()*	Not in a structural group	As₂S₃	7	3	1	96140	1
Aramayoite ()*	Aramayoite	Ag₃Sb₂(Bi,Sb)S₆	7	3	1	96138	29
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	7	3	1	96136	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	7	3	2	96138,96140	11547
Baumstarkite ()*	Aramayoite	Ag₃Sb₃S₆	7	3	1	96138	6
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	7	3	1	96146	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	7	3	1	96136	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	7	3	2	96136,96138	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	3	3	96136,96140,96145	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	7	3	1	96146	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	7	3	3	96138,96140,96146	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	7	3	1	96140	2600
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	7	3	1	96146	4165
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	7	3	1	96138	126
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	7	3	1	96136	9895
Dufrénoysite ()*	Sartorite	Pb₂As₂S₅	7	3	1	96140	34
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	7	3	2	96137,96138	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	7	3	2	96144,96145	8173
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	7	3	1	96136	163
Fibroferrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	7	3	1	96138	107
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	7	3	1	96136	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	7	3	1	96138	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7	3	2	96138,96140	24243
Gladite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBi₅S₉	7	3	1	96138	67
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7	3	1	96146	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	7	3	2	96140,96146	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	7	3	3	96136,96145,96146	14640
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	7	3	1	96136	105
Kësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂ZnSnS₄	7	3	1	96138	82
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	7	3	1	96146	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	7	3	1	96136	5674
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	7	3	1	96138	300
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	7	3	1	96146	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	7	3	1	96140	17380
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	7	3	1	96146	186
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	7	3	1	96140	511
Pararealgar ()*	None	As₄S₄	7	3	1	96140	57
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	7	3	1	96136	249
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	7	3	3	96136,96138,96140	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	7	3	2	96138,96140	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	7	3	2	96138,96140	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	3	4	96137,96138,96140,96146	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	3	5	96138,96140,96142,96144,96145	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	7	3	3	96136,96138,96140	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	7	3	2	96136,96140	1711
Robinsonite ()*	None	Pb₄Sb₆S₁₃	7	3	1	96138	39
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	7	3	1	96144	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	7	3	1	96139	2705
Seligmannite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbAsS₃	7	3	1	96140	64
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	7	3	1	96138	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	7	3	1	96138	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	7	3	3	96138,96140,96144	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	7	3	1	96138	668
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	7	3	1	96138	586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	7	3	2	96136,96140	3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	7	3	1	96136	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	7	3	4	96136,96137,96138,96140	5317
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	7	3	1	96144	1395

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
	Hg-00076	7	3		K-Ar						Yes		Cinnabar	Hg	22095	Huancavelica, Peru		Mckee et al. (1986)	10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.489	EG81_489

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R110016	Palomo Mine, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica, Peru	https://rruff.info/R110016
R100026	Palomo Mine, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica, Peru	https://rruff.info/R100026
R100189	Palomo Mine, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica, Peru	https://rruff.info/R100189
R050191	Pampa Blanca District, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica, Peru	https://rruff.info/R050191

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