Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yauyos Province, Lima, Peru

mindat Locality ID: 294610
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-294610.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yauyos Province, Lima, Peru": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Yauricocha Mine

Latitude: 12°18'37"S
Longitude: 75°43'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -12.310277777778,-75.721388888889

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	Alunite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Fluorite	Geocronite	Gypsum	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

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) ()*

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:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Digenite Enargite Fluorite Geocronite Gypsum Malachite Marcasite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	96361	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	96361	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	96361	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	96361	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	96361	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	96361	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	96361	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	96361	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	96361	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	96361	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	96361	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	96361	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	96361	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	96361	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	96361	910
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	96361	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	96361	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	1	96361	133
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	96361	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	96361	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	96361	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	96361	14640
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	1	96361	142
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	96361	2228
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	96361	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	96361	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	96361	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	96361	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	96361	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	96361	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	96361	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	96361	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	96361	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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