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 Turquoise at Huasco Province, Atacama, Chile

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 35Ma - 32Ma 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-00294	35	32		Alunite, Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Diaspore, Dickite, Goethite, Hematite, Jarosite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Turquoise, Zunyite	Cu	205857	La Fortuna Prospect (El Morro Prospect), Alto Del Carmen, Huasco Province, Atacama, Chile	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

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-00294	35	32		Alunite, Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Diaspore, Dickite, Goethite, Hematite, Jarosite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Turquoise, Zunyite	Cu	205857	La Fortuna Prospect (El Morro Prospect), Alto Del Carmen, Huasco 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-00324	66	62		Atacamite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Epidote, Hematite, Jarosite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	205952	Relincho Property, Vallenar, Huasco Province, Atacama, Chile	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155