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Locality Name:
Pinchollo Geyser, Chivay District, Caylloma Province, Arequipa, Peru


mindat Locality ID: 298281
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-298281.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pinchollo Geyser, Chivay District, Caylloma Province, Arequipa, Peru": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 15°40'"S
Longitude: 71°51'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -15.666666666667,-71.85
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 Ca Fe H K Mg N O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H K Mg N O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlumAluniteArcaniteClayCopiapiteCoquimbiteCorundumGypsumHalotrichiteKaolinite
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupPicromeriteQuartzStarkeyiteVoltaite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Ammoniojarosite  (*)Boussingaultite  (*)Copiapite  (*)
Coquimbite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Mascagnite  (*)Mohrite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)
Picromerite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rozenite  (*)Tschermigite  (*)Voltaite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)60966
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O0272
Ammoniojarosite  (*)Alunite(NH4)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6030
Boussingaultite  (*)Picromerite(NH4)2Mg(SO4)2·6H2O030
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O0382
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O0136
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O0409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Mascagnite  (*)Arcanite(NH4)2(SO4)061
Mohrite  (*)Picromerite(NH4)2Fe2+(SO4)2·6H2O018
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O0265
Picromerite  (*)PicromeriteK2Mg(SO4)2·6H2O044
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O0293
Tschermigite  (*)Alum(NH4)Al(SO4)2·12H2O081
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O0111


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