Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Esperanza 2001 Mine, Huachocolpa District, Huancavelica Province, Huancavelica, Peru

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

mindat Locality ID: 230870
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-230870.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Esperanza 2001 Mine, Huachocolpa District, Huancavelica Province, Huancavelica, Peru": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 13°8'25"S
Longitude: 74°53'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -13.140277777778,-74.897777777778

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	Blödite	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Gypsum	Marcasite	Mica	None
Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Baryte ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Changoite ()*
Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Polybasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Blödite Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Gypsum Marcasite Mica None
Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	7	3	11547
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	7	3	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	3	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	7	3	27198
Changoite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Zn(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	7	3	6
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7	3	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	7	3	6890
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	7	3	784
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	7	3	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	7	3	17380
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	7	3	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	3	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	3	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	7	3	712
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	7	3	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	7	3	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	7	3	5317

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

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