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Locality Name:
Huac-huas (Huacuas), Lucanas Province, Ayacucho, Peru


mindat Locality ID: 269110
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-269110.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Huac-huas (Huacuas), Lucanas Province, Ayacucho, Peru": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Javier Mine (Javier Ortega Mine)

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 B Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteCopiapiteCoquimbiteHalotrichiteMetavoltineNoneNot in a structural groupQuartz
RocksaltRömeriteSphaleriteSulphurTourmaline

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunogen  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Coquimbite  (*)
Dravite  (*)Galena  (*)Goldichite  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Krausite  (*)Magnesiocopiapite  (*)Metavoltine  (*)Quartz  (*)Römerite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O196034272
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O196034925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS219603427198
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O196034382
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O196034136
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)196034648
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS19603424243
Goldichite  (*)NoneKFe3+(SO4)2·4H2O19603412
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O196034409
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61960342228
Krausite  (*)NoneKFe3+(SO4)2·H2O19603421
Magnesiocopiapite  (*)CopiapiteMgFe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O19603454
Metavoltine  (*)MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12·18H2O19603478
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO219603461156
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O196034115
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS19603421482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1960342045


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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