Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Vallenar, Huasco Province, Atacama, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 62

mindat Locality ID: 146224
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146224.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vallenar, Huasco Province, Atacama, Chile": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Agua Amarga District
El Bolsico
Quebrada Algarrobal
Relincho Property
Remolinos Mine
San Antonio District
Sierra Bolsico Area
Zapallo Mine (Chehueque)

Latitude: 28°30'"S
Longitude: 70°17'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.5,-70.299722222222

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	Allophane	Alunite	Apatite	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Cyanotrichite	Devilline	Diaspore	Epidote	Fairfieldite	Ktenasite
Löllingite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Skutterudite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Veszelyite	Xanthoconite

Acanthite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*	Cuprotungstite ()*
Dioptase ()*	Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Lindgrenite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeltalmessite ()*
Orthoserpierite ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schulenbergite ()*	Serpierite ()*
Silver ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Veszelyite ()*	Wulfenite ()*
Xanthoconite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ca H Ni O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Apatite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Cyanotrichite Devilline Diaspore Epidote Fairfieldite Ktenasite
Löllingite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite Skutterudite Spinel Tetrahedrite Veszelyite Xanthoconite

46 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			2	36459,36460	2793
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	66	62	4	36464,36465,36466,36474	544
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	36475	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	36471	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	36458,36460	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	66	62	1	36465	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			3	36469,36470,36471	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			6	36458,36460,36461,36469,36470,36476	27770
Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₂·2H₂O			1	36475	88
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	36471	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	66	62	4	36461,36465,36471,36476	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			1	36458	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	66	62	2	36465,36471	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	66	62	3	36465,36473,36474	2970
Cuprotungstite ()*	None	Cu²⁺₃(WO₄)₂(OH)₂			1	36476	67
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O			1	36471	164
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	66	62	1	36465	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	36461	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	66	62	2	36461,36465	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	36475	1689
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	66	62	1	36465	2228
Lindgrenite ()*	None	Cu₃(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₂(OH)₂			1	36461	21
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂			1	36459	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	66	62	1	36465	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	66	62	3	36465,36473,36474	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	36459	5674
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl			1	36458	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	66	62	5	36461,36465,36469,36470,36471	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	66	62	2	36461,36465	17380
Nickeltalmessite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Ni(AsO₄)₂·2H₂O	66	62	0		2
Orthoserpierite ()*	None	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O			1	36475	40
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆			1	36466	158
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃			1	36459	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	36459	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	66	62	5	36459,36461,36465,36471,36476	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			5	36458,36461,36473,36474,36476	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	36475	454
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			4	36469,36470,36471,36476	4894
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O			1	36475	142
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O			1	36475	292
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			3	36458,36459,36460	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃			1	36459	531
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	36473	5317
Veszelyite ()*	Veszelyite	(Cu,Zn)₂Zn(PO₄)(OH)₃·2H₂O			1	36475	20
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			2	36464,36468	1655
Xanthoconite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃AsS₃			1	36459	89

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
	PorphCu-00324	66	62	64±2									Atacamite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Epidote, Hematite, Jarosite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	205952	Relincho Property, Vallenar, Huasco Province, Atacama, Chile	Relincho	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060793	Mi Fiel Rosita Mine, Sierra Bolsico Area, Vallenar, Huasco Province, Atacama, Chile	https://rruff.info/R060793

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