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Locality Name:
Dos De Mayo Province, Huánuco, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 9.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 7.7

mindat Locality ID: 23432
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23432.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dos De Mayo Province, Huánuco, Peru": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Chiurucu Mine (Chiurucu Prospect)
Chonta
Huallanca District

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

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: C Ca Cu Fe H Hg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteMelanteriteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Galena  (*)Melanterite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)9.27.7296169,9617027770
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS9.27.71961702600
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS9.27.7296169,9617024243
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O9.27.7196171915
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS29.27.7396169,96170,9617139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S89.27.71961699056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO29.27.7296169,9617061156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)9.27.7196169969
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS9.27.7296169,9617021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S139.27.71961705317



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedznpb-003679.27.79.2–7.7     Yes  5783Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, PeruHuanzalaSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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