Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
La Compañia Mine, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 64
Youngest recorded age at locality: 63

mindat Locality ID: 16363
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16363.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Compañia Mine, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Alunite	Amarantite	Apatite	Atacamite	Aubertite	Blödite	Brochantite	Copiapite	Copper	Coquimbite
Coronadite	Halotrichite	Metavoltine	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Roselite	Sphalerite
Tamarugite	Wurtzite

Aluminocopiapite ()*	Amarantite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Aubertite ()*	Boleite ()*
Bonattite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Butlerite ()*	Caracolite ()*	Changoite ()*
Copiapite ()*	Coquimbite ()*	Coronadite ()*	Diaboleite ()*	Ferrinatrite ()*
Fibroferrite ()*	Gold ()*	Greenockite ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hawleyite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Herbertsmithite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kröhnkite ()*	Metasideronatrite ()*
Metavoltine ()*	Mimetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sideronatrite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tamarugite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Au Cd Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Cd Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amarantite Apatite Atacamite Aubertite Blödite Brochantite Copiapite Copper Coquimbite
Coronadite Halotrichite Metavoltine None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Roselite Sphalerite
Tamarugite Wurtzite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aluminocopiapite ()*	Copiapite	(Al,Mg)Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH,O)₂·20H₂O	64	63	50
Amarantite ()*	Amarantite	Fe³⁺₂O(SO₄)₂·7H₂O	64	63	22
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	64	63	544
Aubertite ()*	Aubertite	Cu²⁺Al(SO₄)₂Cl·14H₂O	64	63	13
Boleite ()*	None	KAg₉Pb₂₆Cu₂₄Cl₆₂(OH)₄₈	64	63	65
Bonattite ()*	None	Cu(SO₄)·3H₂O	64	63	21
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	64	63	1633
Butlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·2H₂O	64	63	26
Caracolite ()*	Apatite	Na₂(Pb₂Na)(SO₄)₃Cl	64	63	20
Changoite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Zn(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	64	63	6
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	64	63	382
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	64	63	136
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	64	63	227
Diaboleite ()*	Perovskite	CuPb₂Cl₂(OH)₄	64	63	57
Ferrinatrite ()*	None	Na₃Fe³⁺(SO₄)₃·3H₂O	64	63	25
Fibroferrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	64	63	107
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	64	63	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	64	63	717
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	64	63	409
Hawleyite ()*	Sphalerite	CdS	64	63	62
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	64	63	1689
Herbertsmithite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃Zn(OH)₆Cl₂	64	63	21
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	64	63	2228
Kröhnkite ()*	Roselite	Na₂Cu(SO₄)₂·2H₂O	64	63	27
Metasideronatrite ()*	None	Na₂Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·H₂O	64	63	28
Metavoltine ()*	Metavoltine	K₂Na₆Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₆O₂(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	64	63	78
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	64	63	1107
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	64	63	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	64	63	61156
Sideronatrite ()*	None	Na₂Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·3H₂O	64	63	73
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	64	63	21482
Tamarugite ()*	Tamarugite	NaAl(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	64	63	87

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00004	64	63	64–63							Yes		Antlerite, Atacamite, Brochantite, Chalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Jarosite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite	Cu	672	Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile	Sierra Gorda	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R110213	La Compañia Mine, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile	https://rruff.info/R110213

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