Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Pisco Umay, Ica, Peru

mindat Locality ID: 286350
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286350.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pisco Umay, Ica, Peru": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Lily Mine (Lilly 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.

Allophane	Amorphous	Atacamite	Calcite	Covellite	Gypsum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	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 Cl Cu H O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Atacamite Calcite Covellite Gypsum Malachite None Not in a structural group Quartz

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Atacamite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinoatacamite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Malachite ()*	Opal ()*	Paratacamite ()*
Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	96216	544
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	96216	27770
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	96216	3531
Clinoatacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	96216	43
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	96216	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	96216	2970
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	96216	6890
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	96216	12537
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	96216	2994
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	1	96216	158
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	96216	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R141083	Lily Mine (Lilly Mine), Pisco Umay, Ica, Peru	https://rruff.info/R141083

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