Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
El Salvador Mine, El Salvador District, Diego De Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 46
Youngest recorded age at locality: 17

mindat Locality ID: 27227
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27227.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "El Salvador Mine, El Salvador District, Diego De Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 26°14'39"S
Longitude: 69°33'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.244166666667,-69.5575

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	Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Digenite	Dufrénite	Enargite	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite
Titanite	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diaspore ()*
Digenite ()*	Enargite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrodufrénite ()*	Olivenite ()*
Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Svanbergite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Woodhouseite ()*	Zunyite ()*

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: Al As C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S Sb Si Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S Sb Si Sr Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Andalusite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Digenite Dufrénite Enargite Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite
Titanite Wurtzite

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	43	41	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	43	41	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	43	41	966
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	43	41	1310
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	46	41	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	43	41	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	43	41	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	43	41	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	43	41	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	43	41	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	43	41	27198
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	43	41	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	43	41	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	43	41	2970
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	43	41	481
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	43	41	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	43	41	910
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	46	41	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	46	41	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	46	41	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	43	41	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	43	41	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	43	41	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	43	41	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	43	41	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	43	41	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	46	41	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	46	41	17380
Natrodufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	NaFe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O	46	41	46
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	43	41	492
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	43	41	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	46	46	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	43	41	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	43	41	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	46	41	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	43	41	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	43	41	21482
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	43	41	105
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	43	41	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	43	41	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	46	41	4899
Woodhouseite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	43	41	62
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	43	41	86

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample 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
Kaitlynn000005	46	46	46	K-Ar	age of sulphide	pyrite	ES-35		Pyrite			27227	El Salvador Mine, El Salvador District, Diego De Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile	El Salvador	Tilton et al. (1981)	10.1130/MEM154-p791	MGSA154_791
Kaitlynn000006	46	46	46	K-Ar	age of sulphide	pyrite	Z-534B		Pyrite			27227	El Salvador Mine, El Salvador District, Diego De Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile	El Salvador	Tilton et al. (1981)	10.1130/MEM154-p791	MGSA154_791
PorphCu-00080	43	41	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	El Salvador	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
Hg-00122	23	17						Yes		Calomel, Cinnabar, Mercury	Hg	189280	La Coipa Mine, Diego De Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile		Oviedo et al. (1991)	10.2113/gsecongeo.86.6.1287	EG86_1287

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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