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:
Sacramento Mine, Chinchado-Sacramento District, Pabellón, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 130
Youngest recorded age at locality: 112

mindat Locality ID: 188225
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188225.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sacramento Mine, Chinchado-Sacramento District, Pabellón, 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.

Allophane	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Roselite	Sphalerite

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Malachite None Pyrite Roselite Sphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Brandtite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Malachite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Realgar ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	130	112	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	130	112	9052
Brandtite ()*	Roselite	Ca₂Mn²⁺(AsO₄)₂·2H₂O	130	112	18
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	130	112	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	130	112	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	130	112	3531
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	130	112	12537
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	130	112	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	130	112	39462
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	130	112	712
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	130	112	21482

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
	Hg-00121	130	112		Ar-Ar, K-Ar						Yes		Cinnabar, Eugenite, Kolymite, Luanheite	Hg	188244	Pabellón, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile		Marschik and Fontboté (2001); Kojima et al. (2007)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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