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Locality Name:
Cajatambo Province, Lima, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 24.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 24.5

mindat Locality ID: 24741
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24741.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cajatambo Province, Lima, Peru": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Auquimarca
Cerro Pumahuin
Raura District
Tuco

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: Al As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteFluoriteGypsumNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Realgar  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Seligmannite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)24.524.51963143250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)224.524.51963155509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)24.524.519631411547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)24.524.519631427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS224.524.519631427198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O24.524.51963133531
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)224.524.51963149895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF224.524.51963149617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS24.524.519631424243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O24.524.51963146890
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS224.524.519631439462
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS24.524.5196314712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)24.524.51963141711
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)24.524.51963144894
Seligmannite  (*)BournoniteCuPbAsS324.524.519631464
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS24.524.519631421482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S324.524.51963143418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1324.524.51963145317


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-0037224.524.524.5     Yes  2544Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima, PeruUchucchacuaSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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