Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Melgar Province, Puno, Peru

mindat Locality ID: 286645
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286645.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Melgar Province, Puno, Peru": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
San Rafael Mine

Latitude: 14°14'3"S
Longitude: 70°19'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -14.234166666667,-70.320833333333

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Dumortierite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Titanite	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Aluminoceladonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Cordierite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dravite ()*	Dumortierite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Halite ()*
Hematite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Sn Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Dumortierite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Titanite Tourmaline

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	96466	8803
Aluminoceladonite ()*	Mica	K(Mg,Fe²⁺)Al(Si₄O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	96466	12
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	96466	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	96466	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	96466	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	96466	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	96466	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	96466	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	96466	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	96466	577
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	96466	1756
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	96466	1008
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	96466	4165
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	96466	648
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	1	96466	231
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	96466	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	96466	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	96466	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	96466	7437
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	96466	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	96466	14640
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	96466	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	96466	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	96466	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	96466	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	96466	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	96466	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	96466	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	96466	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	96466	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	96466	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	96466	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	96466	668
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	96466	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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