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Locality Name:
Excelsior Mine, Cerro De Pasco, Pasco Province, Pasco, Peru


mindat Locality ID: 6340
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6340.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Excelsior Mine, Cerro De Pasco, Pasco Province, Pasco, Peru": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteBournoniteCalciteClayCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteEnargiteEpsomite
GypsumMelanteriteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphalerite
SpinelStanniteStarkeyiteStibniteTetrahedriteWurtzite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Dimorphite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)Fibroferrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goslarite  (*)Gratonite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Luzonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Mallardite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rozenite  (*)Schwertmannite  (*)
Seligmannite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Starkeyite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Dimorphite  (*)NoneAs4S305
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS40910
Fibroferrite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O0107
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O0188
Gratonite  (*)NonePb9As4S15024
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS40198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Mallardite  (*)MelanteriteMn(SO4)·7H2O014
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O0293
Schwertmannite  (*)CoronaditeFe3+16O16(OH)9.6(SO4)3.2·10H2O037
Seligmannite  (*)BournoniteCuPbAsS3064
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Starkeyite  (*)StarkeyiteMg(SO4)·4H2O079
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803


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