Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
El Hueso Mine, Potrerillos, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 207792
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207792.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "El Hueso Mine, Potrerillos, Chañaral Province, Atacama, 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.

Allophane	Alunite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Chalcanthite	Chenevixite	Clay	Copper	Diaspore	Enargite
Kaolinite	Malachite	None	Orpiment	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Stibnite
Wurtzite

Alunite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Cervantite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chenevixite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*
Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Jarosite ()*
Malachite ()*	Nagyágite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rutile ()*	Scorodite ()*	Stibnite ()*
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 Au Ba C Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ba C Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Arsenopyrite Baryte Chalcanthite Chenevixite Clay Copper Diaspore Enargite
Kaolinite Malachite None Orpiment Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Stibnite
Wurtzite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	966
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	352
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	925
Chenevixite ()*	Chenevixite	CuFe³⁺(AsO₄)(OH)₂	90
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2600
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	651
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Nagyágite ()*	None	[Pb₃(Pb,Sb)₃S₆](Au,Te)₃	67
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	712
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1153
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3418
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	86

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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