Locality type:

Deposit

Classification

Species:

Alunite

Formula:

KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Layo deposit, Chachas District, Castilla Province, Arequipa, Peru

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

907573

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:907573:3

GUID (UUID V4):

02bde801-cbc8-4911-ae55-6622baf59d70

Nearest other occurrences of Alunite

11.8km (7.4 miles)

ⓘ Calera vein, Orcopampa District, Castilla Province, Arequipa, Peru

67.8km (42.1 miles)

ⓘ Pinchollo geyser, Chivay District, Caylloma Province, Arequipa, Peru

References

Marcoux, E., Moëlo, Y. & Milési, J.P. (1994): Vinciennite and Cu-excess tennantite from Layo (Cu, Sn, As, Au) epithermal deposits (Southern Peru). Mineral. Petrol. 51, 21-36.

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

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	Marcoux, E., Mil�si, J. P., Mo�lo, Y. (1994) Vinciennite and Cu-excess tennantite from the Layo (Cu, Sn, As, Au) epithermal deposit (Southern Peru) Mineralogy and Petrology, 51 (1) 21-36 doi:10.1007/bf01164912	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...intensely argillized zone containing diaspore and alunite. The vetas contain a typical Cu-As mineralogy of...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
	*Bernard, Jan, Hyršl, Jaroslav (2004) Minerals and their Localities* (1st ed.) Granit, Prague.**	Book (edition)
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Alunite from Layo deposit, Chachas District, Castilla Province, Arequipa, Peru

Alunite from
Layo deposit, Chachas District, Castilla Province, Arequipa, Peru