Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Huancavelica Province, Huancavelica, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 245007
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245007.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Huancavelica Province, Huancavelica, Peru": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Ascencion District
Huachocolpa District
Huancavelica Mercury District

Latitude: 13°7'21"S
Longitude: 74°55'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -13.1225,-74.928888888889

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Blödite	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Feldspar	Geocronite	Gypsum
Marcasite	Mica	None	Orpiment	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite
Tetrahedrite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Changoite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Galena ()*	Geocronite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mercury ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Realgar ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Veenite ()*

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 Hg K Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

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

26 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	7	3	1	96159	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	7	3	2	96155,96159	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	7	3	1	96154	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	7	3	1	96155	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	3	2	96154,96155	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	7	3	2	96155,96157	27198
Changoite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Zn(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	7	3	1	96155	6
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	7	3	1	96159	2600
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7	3	3	96155,96157,96159	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	7	3	1	96154	133
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	7	3	1	96155	6890
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	7	3	1	96155	784
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	7	3	2	96155,96159	5674
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	7	3	1	96159	397
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	7	3	1	96154	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	7	3	1	96155	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	7	3	1	96159	511
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	7	3	1	96155	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	3	1	96155	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	66	2.6	3	96153,96155,96157	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	7	3	2	96155,96159	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	66	2.6	2	96152,96154	1711
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	7	3	2	96155,96157	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	7	3	1	96155	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	7	3	1	96155	5317
Veenite ()*	None	Pb₂(Sb,As)₂S₅	7	3	1	96154	9

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
	Hg-00076	7	3		K-Ar						Yes		Cinnabar	Hg	22095	Huancavelica, Peru		Mckee et al. (1986)	10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.489	EG81_489
	sedznpb-00373	66	2.6	Tertiary											247887	Yauricocha Parish, Ascencion District, Huancavelica Province, Huancavelica, Peru	Yauricocha	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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