| Locality type: | Deposit |
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| Species: | Covellite |
| Formula: | CuS |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Tennantite-(Cu) | ⓘ1 photo of Covellite associated with Tennantite-(Cu) at this locality. |
| Enargite | ⓘ1 photo of Covellite associated with Enargite at this locality. |
| Vinciennite | ⓘ1 photo of Covellite associated with Vinciennite at this locality. |
| Chalcopyrite | ⓘ1 photo of Covellite associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality. |
| Bornite | ⓘ1 photo of Covellite associated with Bornite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Covellite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Layo deposit, Chachas District, Castilla Province, Arequipa, Peru |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 907578 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:907578:8 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | e243bbdd-73c6-40e5-ac2b-381b2bfd7ef1 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Covellite |
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| 11.8km (7.4 miles) | ⓘCalera vein, Orcopampa District, Castilla Province, Arequipa, Peru |
| 34.6km (21.5 miles) | ⓘPaula Mine, Shila-Paula mining district, Castilla Province, Arequipa, Peru |
| 99.5km (61.8 miles) | ⓘTrapiche deposit, Antabamba Province, Apurímac, Peru |
| References |
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Biagioni, Cristian, Sejkora, Jiří, Moëlo, Yves, Marcoux, Eric, Mauro, Daniela, Dolníček, Zdeněk (2022) Tennantite-(Cu), Cu12As4S13, from Layo, Arequipa Department, Peru: a new addition to the tetrahedrite-group minerals. Mineralogical Magazine, 86 (2) 331-339 doi:10.1180/mgm.2022.26 |
| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cu-excess Tennantite from the Layo (Cu, Sn, As, Au) epithermal deposit (Southern Peru) E. M a r c o u x 1, Y...accepted October 29, 1993 Summary The Layo epithermal deposit, cutting Miocene-Pliocene calc-alkaline...enargite, Cu-excess tennantite, chalcopyrite, covellite) with an associated original stanniferous paragenesis...epithermal mineralization of the eastern vetas of Layo appears to have preceded an "adularia-sericite"...mineralization expressed in the western vetas of Layo and also in the nearby large epithermal veins at |  | | Book (edition) | | SphaJerite. xx 12 mm, Morococha, Peru, H Gypsum, xx 40 mm, Las Salinas, Peru, H Variscite, xx 5 mm, Iturnbiara...expressed in abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture)...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....the revolution in 1997. Its mineral rich Katanga province was renamed Shaba by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga...Katanga administrative region again. The former Kivu province is now divided to three regions: INTRODUCTION |
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