Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Las Bambas District, Cotabambas Province, Apurímac, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 36.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 34.7

mindat Locality ID: 278737
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278737.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Las Bambas District, Cotabambas Province, Apurímac, Peru": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Chalcobamba Cu Deposit
Las Bambas Mine

Latitude: 14°1'35"S
Longitude: 72°19'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -14.026388888889,-72.332777777778

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	Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Cubanite	Diaspore	Epidote
Feldspar	Malachite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cubanite ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Neotocite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

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 Mg Mn Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Cubanite Diaspore Epidote
Feldspar Malachite Mica None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Spinel Wurtzite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	95967	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	95967	8803
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	36.5	34.7	2	95966,95967	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	95967	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	36.5	34.7	1	95966	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	36.5	34.7	2	95966,95967	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	95967	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	95967	3846
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	36.5	34.7	1	95966	802
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	95967	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	95967	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	95967	7437
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	36.5	34.7	2	95966,95967	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	36.5	34.7	2	95966,95967	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	36.5	34.7	2	95966,95967	17380
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)			1	95967	186
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	36.5	34.7	2	95966,95967	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	95967	61156

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
	PorphCu-00523	36.5	34.7	35.6±0.9									Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite	Cu	206946	Chalcobamba Cu Deposit, Las Bambas District, Cotabambas Province, Apurímac, Peru	Chalcobamba	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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