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Locality Name:
San Genaro Mine, Castrovirreyna District, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3

mindat Locality ID: 2552
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2552.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Genaro Mine, Castrovirreyna District, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica, Peru": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 13°11'30"S
Longitude: 75°8'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -13.191666666667,-75.143333333333

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.

Aramayoite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Enargite	Meneghinite	None	Not in a structural group
Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Aramayoite ()*	Baryte ()*	Baumstarkite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Diaphorite ()*	Enargite ()*	Fibroferrite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Gladite ()*	Kësterite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Robinsonite ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stephanite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As Ba Bi C Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ba Bi C Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aramayoite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Enargite Meneghinite None Not in a structural group
Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stannite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aramayoite ()*	Aramayoite	Ag₃Sb₂(Bi,Sb)S₆	7	3	29
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	7	3	11547
Baumstarkite ()*	Aramayoite	Ag₃Sb₃S₆	7	3	6
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	7	3	1089
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	7	3	27198
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	7	3	126
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	7	3	910
Fibroferrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	7	3	107
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	7	3	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7	3	24243
Gladite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBi₅S₉	7	3	67
Kësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂ZnSnS₄	7	3	82
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	7	3	300
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	7	3	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	7	3	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	7	3	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	3	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	3	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	7	3	712
Robinsonite ()*	None	Pb₄Sb₆S₁₃	7	3	39
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	7	3	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	7	3	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	7	3	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	7	3	668
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	7	3	586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	7	3	5317

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
	Hg-00076	7	3		K-Ar						Yes		Cinnabar	Hg	22095	Huancavelica, Peru		Mckee et al. (1986)	10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.489	EG81_489

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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