Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
La Cotita Mine, Inca De Oro, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 188415
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188415.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Cotita Mine, Inca De Oro, Copiapó 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.

Apophyllite	Calcite	None

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: C Ca F H K O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca F H K O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apophyllite Calcite None

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Nekoite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	303
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀(OH,F)·8H₂O	85
Nekoite ()*	None	Ca₃Si₆O₁₅·7H₂O	8

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070475	La Cotita Mine, Inca De Oro, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile	https://rruff.info/R070475

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