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 Pyrophyllite at Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 35Ma - 31Ma at this locality

Specified 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-00002	35	31		Alunite, Antlerite, Atacamite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Conichalcite, Covellite, Djurleite, Epidote, Galena, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Libethenite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Sampleite, Sphalerite	Cu	641	Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, 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
Mo-00007	35.07	34.73		Betpakdalite-CaCa, Ferrimolybdite, Lindgrenite, Molybdenite, Powellite, Wulfenite, Mendozavilite-KCa	Mo	641	Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile	Ballard et al. (2001); Ossandón et al. (2001)