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Locality Name:
Lucmapampa, Celendín Province, Cajamarca, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 20.17
Youngest recorded age at locality: 19.87

mindat Locality ID: 279183
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279183.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lucmapampa, Celendín Province, Cajamarca, Peru": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Michiquillay Cu-Au-Mo Deposit

Latitude: 7°17'59"S
Longitude: 78°19'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -7.2997222222222,-78.322222222222

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: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCorundumCovellite
CubaniteEnargiteFeldsparGypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMeneghiniteMicaMolybdenite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrophylliteQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltScheeliteSphalerite
SpinelStanniteTalcWurtzite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)
Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Luzonite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)
Sternbergite  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS320.1719.87196056315
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS20.1719.87196056312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)20.1719.871960568803
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)620.1719.87196056966
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)20.1719.871960561588
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs20.1719.87196056379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS20.1719.871960569052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)20.1719.8719605611547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS420.1719.871960565516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S20.1719.871960565707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS220.1719.8719605627198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS20.1719.871960564165
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS420.1719.87196056910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS20.1719.8719605624243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O20.1719.871960566890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O320.1719.8719605614640
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)20.1719.87196056469
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)620.1719.871960562228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)420.1719.871960565591
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS420.1719.87196056198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O420.1719.8719605614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)220.1719.8719605612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS220.1719.871960565674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS220.1719.871960565800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)220.1719.8719605617380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)20.1719.871960562349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS220.1719.8719605639462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)220.1719.87196056771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S820.1719.871960569056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO220.1719.8719605661156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)20.1719.871960561711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)20.1719.87196056969
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)20.1719.871960564894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS20.1719.8719605621482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS420.1719.87196056586
Sternbergite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S320.1719.8719605662
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)220.1719.871960563337



1 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
PorphCu-0021920.1719.8720.02±0.15Ar-Ar     Aikinite, Alabandite, Alunite, Anhydrite, Arsenic, Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Enargite, Galena, Gypsum, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Pyrrhotite, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Stephanite, Sternbergite, TalcCu191972Michiquillay Cu-Au-Mo Deposit, Lucmapampa, Celendín Province, Cajamarca, PeruMichiquillaySinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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