Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Macusani Uranium Deposits (Quenamari Meseta), Carabaya Province, Puno, Peru

mindat Locality ID: 264979
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264979.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Macusani Uranium Deposits (Quenamari Meseta), Carabaya Province, Puno, Peru": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 13°56'59"S
Longitude: 70°37'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -13.949722222222,-70.616666666667

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.

Andalusite	Autunite	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Meta-autunite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Topaz	Zircon

Andalusite ()*	Autunite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Cordierite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*	Moraesite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Renardite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*	Topaz ()*	Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Weeksite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Be Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Si Ti U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Si Ti U Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Autunite Beryl Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Meta-autunite Mica
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Spinel Topaz Zircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1310
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1272
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	566
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1008
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	388
Moraesite ()*	None	Be₂(PO₄)(OH)·4H₂O	35
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Renardite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)₄(PO₄)₂(OH)₄·7H₂O	7
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	598
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1476
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2718
Weeksite ()*	None	(K)₂(UO₂)₂(Si₅O₁₃)·4H₂O	42
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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