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Locality Name:
Jorge Basadre Province, Tacna, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 58
Youngest recorded age at locality: 56

mindat Locality ID: 265252
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-265252.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jorge Basadre Province, Tacna, Peru": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bahai De Ite Tailings Pile
Ilabaya

Latitude: 17°14'42"S
Longitude: 70°36'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.245,-70.613611111111

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAndalusiteAtacamiteAubertiteBlöditeCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisite
CopperCorundumCovelliteDansiteDiasporeDigeniteEnargiteEpidoteFeldsparGypsum
HexahydriteKaoliniteMelanteriteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrophylliteQuartz
RocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTamarugiteTetrahedriteWurtzite

42 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Anilite  (*)Atacamite  (*)
Aubertite  (*)Blödite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)D'ansite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Eriochalcite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pentahydrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)Roxbyite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Siderotil  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tamarugite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thénardite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)58561964948803
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO558561964941310
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)5856296491,964941588
Anilite  (*)DigeniteCu7S4585619649488
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3196491544
Aubertite  (*)AubertiteCu2+Al(SO4)2Cl·14H2O19649113
Blödite  (*)BlöditeNa2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O196491130
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS458561964945516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)585619649427770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S5856296491,964945707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25757296491,9649427198
Copper  (*)CopperCu58561964943846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1964914165
D'ansite  (*)DansiteNa21Mg(SO4)10Cl31964915
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S58561964941027
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS45856196494910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)58561964948173
Eriochalcite  (*)NoneCuCl2·2H2O19649113
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS585619649424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1964917437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O5856296491,964946890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1964911398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3585619649414640
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O196491251
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)65856296491,964942228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)458561964945591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4585619649414899
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O196491915
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS258561964945800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2585619649417380
Pentahydrite  (*)ChalcanthiteMg(SO4)·5H2O19649132
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25856296491,9649439462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)25856196494771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25856296491,9649461156
Roxbyite  (*)NoneCu9S5585619649427
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO258561964945614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)58561964946417
Siderotil  (*)ChalcanthiteFe(SO4)·5H2O19649184
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS585619649421482
Tamarugite  (*)TamarugiteNaAl(SO4)2·6H2O19649187
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1358561964945317
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)196491299



3 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
Kaitlynn000009575757K-Arage of sulphidechalcopyriteSP-31  Chalcopyrite  25368Toquepala Mine, Barrio Obrero Toquepala, Ilabaya, Jorge Basadre Province, Tacna, PeruToquepalaTilton et al. (1981)10.1130/MEM154-p791MGSA154_791 
Kaitlynn000010575757K-Arage of sulphidechalcopyriteSP-160  Chalcopyrite  25368Toquepala Mine, Barrio Obrero Toquepala, Ilabaya, Jorge Basadre Province, Tacna, PeruToquepalaTilton et al. (1981)10.1130/MEM154-p791MGSA154_791 
PorphCu-00069585658–56      Albite, Andalusite, Anilite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Roxbyite, Rutile, Siderite, SphaleriteCu25368Toquepala Mine, Barrio Obrero Toquepala, Ilabaya, Jorge Basadre Province, Tacna, PeruToquepalaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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