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:
San Antonio District, Potrero Grande, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 20320
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20320.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Antonio District, Potrero Grande, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Descubridora Mine
Guías De Picones
Recuperada Mine

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.

Acanthite	Arsenic	Calcite	Copper	Domeykite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz

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 Bi C Ca Cu O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenic Calcite Copper Domeykite None Not in a structural group Quartz

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Bismuth ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Domeykite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	3	36304,36305,36306	2793
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	1	36306	379
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2	36304,36305	1966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	36304,36305,36306	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	36306	5707
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	36304,36305	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	36304,36305	2970
Domeykite ()*	Domeykite	Cu₃As	2	36304,36305	73
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	36304,36305,36306	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	3	36304,36305,36306	5186

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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