Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Los Pelambres Mine, Salamanca, Choapa Province, Coquimbo, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 10.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 9

mindat Locality ID: 122228
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122228.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Los Pelambres Mine, Salamanca, Choapa Province, Coquimbo, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°42'50"S
Longitude: 70°29'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.713888888889,-70.488888888889

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	Alunite	Andalusite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tenorite ()*

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: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Andalusite Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	10	9	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	10	9	1310
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	10.6	9	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	10	9	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	10	9	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	10	9	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	10	9	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	10	9	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	10	9	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	10	9	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	10	9	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	10	9	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	10	9	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	10	9	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	10	9	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	10	9	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	10	9	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	10	9	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	10.6	9	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	10	9	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	10	9	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	10	9	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	10	9	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	10	9	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	10.6	10.52	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	10.6	9	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	10	9	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	10	9	9056
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	10	9	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	10	9	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	10	9	1101

2 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
	Mo-00306	10.6	10.52	10.56±0.04	Re-Os			molybdenite				Molybdenite	Molybdenite	Mo	122228	Los Pelambres Mine, Salamanca, Choapa Province, Coquimbo, Chile	Los Pelambres	Hannah et al. (2007)	10.1130/G23538A.1	G35_703
	PorphCu-00140	10	9	10–9									Albite, Andalusite, Bornite, Brochantite, Calcite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Corundum, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Galena, Goethite, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Sphalerite, Tenorite	Cu	122228	Los Pelambres Mine, Salamanca, Choapa Province, Coquimbo, Chile	Los Pelambres - El Pachon, AGTN	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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