Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Ica, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 24191
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24191.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ica, Peru": 84
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 49

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Canza Mine (Cansa)
Chincha Province
Cobrellama Deposit
Espinal
Ica Province
Molletambo Quarry
Nazca Province
Palpa Province
Pampa Blanca
Pampa Nazca
Pisco Province
Pisco Umay
Quebrada De Las Trancas
Tingue

Latitude: 14°5'44"S
Longitude: 75°31'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -14.095555555556,-75.521666666667

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Amorphous	Amphibole	Arcanite	Atacamite	Axinite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Epidote
Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Palygorskite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scapolite	Sphalerite	Spinel	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: Al As B C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo N Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Arcanite Atacamite Axinite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Digenite Enargite Epidote
Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Palygorskite Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scapolite Sphalerite Spinel Wurtzite

53 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Arcanite ()*	Atacamite ()*
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinoatacamite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Conichalcite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Digenite ()*	Dioptase ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Grossular ()*	Guanine ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marialite ()*	Mascagnite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*
Palygorskite ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Salammoniac ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Teschemacherite ()*

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	96212	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	96196,96212	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	96211	1534
Arcanite ()*	Arcanite	K₂(SO₄)	0	0	1	96206	30
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃			4	96182,96194,96196,96216	544
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂			2	96186,96193	260
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	96205,96212	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			6	96189,96190,96196,96198,96205,96212	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	96182	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			6	96184,96190,96196,96205,96212,96216	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			6	96184,96189,96190,96196,96198,96212	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			7	96184,96189,96190,96196,96198,96205,96212	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			7	96182,96190,96196,96201,96203,96216,96219	3531
Clinoatacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃			1	96216	43
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	96203	1025
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)			1	96201	363
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	96203	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			4	96189,96190,96198,96216	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃			1	96184	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			3	96190,96196,96216	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			2	96189,96196	1027
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O			2	96185,96201	164
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	96199	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄			1	96190	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			7	96184,96186,96189,96193,96199,96203,96214	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	96184,96190	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	96196	7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	96197	1544
Guanine ()*	None	C₅H₃(NH₂)N₄O	0	0	1	96206	7
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			4	96205,96210,96212,96216	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			1	96210	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			4	96190,96196,96205,96212	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	96190	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			6	96184,96189,96195,96196,96198,96212	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			6	96190,96196,96203,96205,96212,96216	12537
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl			1	96214	139
Mascagnite ()*	Arcanite	(NH₄)₂(SO₄)	0	0	1	96206	61
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			5	96184,96189,96190,96205,96212	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			4	96184,96189,96190,96212	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			3	96192,96207,96216	2994
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O			1	96192	306
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆			2	96196,96216	158
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	96195	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	96193	1898
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄			1	96196	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			7	96184,96189,96190,96196,96198,96205,96212	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			3	96184,96189,96212	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			8	96192,96193,96196,96199,96203,96205,96212,96216	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	96212	5614
Salammoniac ()*	None	(NH₄)Cl	0	0	1	96206	105
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			3	96184,96190,96212	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			2	96190,96196	1101
Teschemacherite ()*	None	(NH₄)H(CO₃)	0	0	1	96206	6

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_0024	Guano deposit

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
	Michelle_0024	0	0	0		Age of mineralization							Guanine, Uricite		2566	North Chincha Island, Pisco Province, Ica, Peru	North Chincha Island	Bridge (1974)	10.1180/minmag.1974.039.308.08	MM39_889	Mineralization occurs in guano as TL. Guanine was first discovered in 1844 by Unger at this locality but was not officially recognized as a mineral until 1973

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R141083	Lily Mine (Lilly Mine), Pisco Umay, Ica, Peru	https://rruff.info/R141083

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