Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Ages for Tetrahedrite-(Zn) at El Salvador District, Diego De Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 43Ma - 41Ma at this locality

Age range from children

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
PorphCu-00080	43	41		Actinolite, Albite, Alunite, Andalusite, Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Corundum, Covellite, Diaspore, Enargite, Ilmenite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Sphalerite, Svanbergite, Woodhouseite, Zunyite	Cu	27227	El Salvador Mine, El Salvador District, Diego De Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Mineralization age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
PorphCu-00080	43	41		Actinolite, Albite, Alunite, Andalusite, Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Corundum, Covellite, Diaspore, Enargite, Ilmenite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Sphalerite, Svanbergite, Woodhouseite, Zunyite	Cu	27227	El Salvador Mine, El Salvador District, Diego De Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Locality age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Kaitlynn000005	46	46	Pyrite			27227	El Salvador Mine, El Salvador District, Diego De Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile	Tilton et al. (1981)	MGSA154_791
Kaitlynn000006	46	46	Pyrite			27227	El Salvador Mine, El Salvador District, Diego De Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile	Tilton et al. (1981)	MGSA154_791

Locality age (remote)

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Hg-00122	23	17		Calomel, Cinnabar, Mercury	Hg	189280	La Coipa Mine, Diego De Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile	Oviedo et al. (1991)	EG86_1287