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Locality Name:
Yanque Deposit, Paruro Province, Cuzco, Peru

mindat Locality ID: 239159
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239159.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yanque Deposit, Paruro Province, Cuzco, Peru": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 14°8'"S
Longitude: 72°3'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -14.133333333333,-72.05

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Copiapite	Kaolinite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite

Anglesite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*	Copiapite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Plumbogummite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sauconite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Copiapite Kaolinite Mica None
Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	919
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	197
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	382
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1107
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	170
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sauconite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Zn₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	56
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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