Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Islay Province, Arequipa, Peru

mindat Locality ID: 263239
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-263239.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Islay Province, Arequipa, Peru": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Mollendo District
Tia Maria Mine

Latitude: 16°59'41"S
Longitude: 71°53'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -16.994722222222,-71.8925

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.

Allophane	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None
Quartz	Rutile	Spinel

Berlinite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Neotocite ()*
Pseudomalachite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn O P Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Kaolinite Malachite Mica None
Quartz Rutile Spinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Berlinite ()*	Quartz	Al(PO₄)	1	96023	28
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	96022,96023	3531
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	96023	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	96023	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	96023	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	96023	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	96023	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	96023	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	96023	17380
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	1	96023	186
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	96023	369
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	96023	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	96023	5614

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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