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Locality Name:
Yauricocha Mine, Yauyos Province, Lima, Peru


mindat Locality ID: 294609
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-294609.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yauricocha Mine, Yauyos Province, Lima, Peru": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 12°18'37"S
Longitude: 75°43'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -12.310277777778,-75.721666666667
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: Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCovellite
DiasporeDigeniteEnargiteFluoriteGeocroniteGypsumMalachiteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStanniteTetrahedriteWurtzite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Geocronite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Idaite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS40910
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S230133
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS40142
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO01101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317


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