Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Canchaque, Huancabamba Province, Piura, Peru

mindat Locality ID: 282923
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-282923.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Canchaque, Huancabamba Province, Piura, Peru": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Turmalina Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Columbite	Corundum	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite
Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite
Titanite	Tourmaline	Vivianite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Alunite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Dawsonite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferberite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sylvite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Titanite ()*	Vivianite ()*	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 As B Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Columbite Corundum Enargite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite
Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite
Titanite Tourmaline Vivianite Wurtzite Zircon

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# 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	96430	3419
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	96430	966
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	96430	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	96430	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	96430	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	96430	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	96430	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	96430	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	96430	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	96430	1756
Dawsonite ()*	None	NaAl(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	96430	90
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	96430	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	96430	8173
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	1	96430	551
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	96430	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	96430	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	96430	24243
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	96430	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	96430	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	96430	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	96430	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	96430	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	96430	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	96430	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	96430	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	96430	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	96430	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	96430	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	96430	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	96430	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	96430	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	96430	668
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	96430	3418
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	1	96430	275
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	96430	1803
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	96430	4899
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	96430	636
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	96430	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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