Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kimberly Mine, El Indio Deposit, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 7

mindat Locality ID: 188379
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188379.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kimberly Mine, El Indio Deposit, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, 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.

Alunite	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Enargite	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Wurtzite

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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Enargite Kaolinite Mica None Pyrite
Quartz Wurtzite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Alunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Enargite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Huangite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Osarizawaite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	7	7	966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	7	27770
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	7	7	910
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	7	7	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	7	7	14640
Huangite ()*	Alunite	Ca_0.5Al₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	7	7	5
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	7	7	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	7	7	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	7	7	17380
Osarizawaite ()*	Alunite	Pb(Al₂Cu²⁺)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	7	7	64
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	7	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	7	61156

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
	AJES44_373-00020	7	7	~7							Yes			Au	24300	El Indio Deposit, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, Chile	El Indio	Sillitoe (1997)	10.1080/08120099708728318	AJES44_373

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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