Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Junín, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 7

mindat Locality ID: 24035
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24035.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Junín, Peru": 35
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Carhuacayan Province
Cerro Runa Tullo (Runatullo)
Chupaca Province
Huancayo Province
Jauja Province
Pachacayo Mine
Yauli Province

Latitude: 11°32'21"S
Longitude: 76°6'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -11.539166666667,-76.108333333333

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	Alunite	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Bournonite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Coquimbite	Covellite	Cubanite	Enargite	Fluorite
Garnet	Gypsum	Ludwigite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sincosite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stannite	Stannoidite	Stibnite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite	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 Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Sn V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amphibole Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Bournonite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Columbite Copper Coquimbite Covellite Cubanite Enargite Fluorite
Garnet Gypsum Ludwigite Marcasite Melanterite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Scheelite Sincosite Sphalerite Spinel
Stannite Stannoidite Stibnite Talc Tetrahedrite Vivianite Wurtzite

67 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Andradite ()*
Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Augelite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Coquimbite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Diopside ()*	Djurleite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Enargite ()*	Famatinite ()*	Ferberite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hübnerite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Ludwigite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Matildite ()*	Mawsonite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sincosite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannoidite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*
Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Variscite ()*
Vinciennite ()*	Vivianite ()*

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			1	96254	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	8	7	1	96250	3419
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	8	7	1	96240	315
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	8	7	1	96240	312
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	8	7	1	96240	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	8	7	1	96240	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	8	7	1	96240	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	96235	3250
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	8	7	1	96240	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	96247	9052
Augelite ()*	None	Al₂(PO₄)(OH)₃			1	96254	79
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	8	7	1	96240	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	96244,96254	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	96224	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	8	7	1	96250	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	8	7	2	96240,96252	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	8	7	4	96222,96223,96238,96240	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	8	7	6	96222,96229,96235,96248,96250,96251	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	8	7	2	96240,96250	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	8	7	4	96240,96250,96252,96254	27198
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O			1	96237	136
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	8	7	2	96240,96250	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	8	7	1	96250	802
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	8	7	1	96250	4135
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	8	7	1	96240	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	8	7	2	96222,96240	9895
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	8	7	1	96240	246
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	8	7	2	96247,96250	910
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	8	7	1	96240	163
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)			1	96254	551
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	8	7	1	96240	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	8	7	8	96222,96223,96244,96248,96250,96251,96252,96254	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	96231	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	8	7	1	96240	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	8	7	2	96234,96240	6890
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	8	7	1	96240	469
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	96231	2228
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	8	7	1	96236	134
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	8	7	1	96240	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	8	7	2	96240,96250	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	8	7	1	96240	5674
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂			1	96245	252
Mawsonite ()*	None	Cu₆Fe₂SnS₈	8	7	1	96240	92
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	8	7	1	96240	915
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	8	7	1	96240	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	7	7	3	96224,96251,96254	17380
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	8	7	1	96240	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	7	8	96223,96245,96248,96250,96251,96252,96254,96255	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	8	7	1	96240	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			8	96231,96243,96244,96247,96248,96249,96252,96254	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			3	96243,96244,96248	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			2	96240,96243	969
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	8	7	1	96240	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	8	7	2	96240,96254	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			3	96239,96253,96254	5186
Sincosite ()*	Sincosite	Ca(VO)₂(PO₄)₂·4H₂O			1	96234	10
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	8	7	8	96223,96244,96245,96248,96249,96250,96252,96254	21482
Stannoidite ()*	Stannoidite	Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂	8	7	1	96240	80
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄			1	96252	586
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	8	7	1	96240	332
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	8	7	1	96250	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	8	7	1	96240	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			2	96245,96248	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	8	7	1	96250	2562
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	8	7	1	96236	301
Vinciennite ()*	None	Cu₁₀Fe₄SnAsS₁₆	8	7	1	96240	13
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	8	7	1	96240	636

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
	PorphCu-00519	8	7	8–7									Actinolite, Bismuthinite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cubanite, Diopside, Enargite, Galena, Magnetite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Talc, Tremolite	Cu	206942	Toro Mocho Deposit, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín, Peru	Toromocho	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	PorphCu-00548	7	7	7									Calcite, Galena, Pyrite	Cu	207064	Puy-Puy Prospect, Yauli Province, Junín, Peru	Puy-Puy	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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