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Locality Name:
Los Bordos Mine, Elisa De Bordos, Pabellón, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

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

mindat Locality ID: 20047
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20047.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Los Bordos Mine, Elisa De Bordos, Pabellón, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 27°42'42"S
Longitude: 70°11'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.711666666667,-70.183333333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe Hg O S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe Hg O S Sb Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteNonePolybasitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltTetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Covellite  (*)Eugenite  (*)Luanheite  (*)Pearceite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S13011202793
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)130112011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)130112027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2130112027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl13011201382
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS13011202600
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS13011204165
Eugenite  (*)NoneAg11Hg2130112017
Luanheite  (*)NoneAg3Hg130112017
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]1301120249
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2130112039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2130112061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg13011205186
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1313011201803


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Hg-00121130112 Ar-Ar, K-Ar    YesCinnabar, Eugenite, Kolymite, LuanheiteHg188244Pabellón, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile Marschik and Fontboté (2001); Kojima et al. (2007)   

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060677Los Bordos Mine, Elisa De Bordos, Pabellón, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R060677

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