Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Cazadero River, Ovalle, Limarí Province, Coquimbo, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 24
Youngest recorded age at locality: 9

mindat Locality ID: 11491
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11491.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cazadero River, Ovalle, Limarí 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.

Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clay	Mica	None	Pyrite	Sodalite	Wollastonite

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 Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Clay Mica None Pyrite Sodalite Wollastonite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Haüyne ()*	Lazurite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Sodalite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	24	9	27770
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	24	24	158
Lazurite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₇Ca(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄)(S₃)^1-·H₂O	24	9	37
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	24	24	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	13	9	39462
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	24	24	444
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	24	9	1247

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
	BM16_57-001	13	9	13-9							Yes		Lazulite	S	204791	Flor De Chile Mine, Ovalle, Limarí Province, Coquimbo, Chile	The Flor de los Andes	Esquivela & Muñozc (2005)		BM16_57	hydrothermal alteration (13-9 Ma) during which sulfur was added, forming lazurite and thus, lapis lazuli.
	BM16_57-002	24	24	24							Yes		Hauyne	Na, Al	204791	Flor De Chile Mine, Ovalle, Limarí Province, Coquimbo, Chile	The Flor de los Andes	Esquivela & Muñozc (2005)		BM16_57	contact metamorphism (24 Ma) during which the calcsilicates and haüyne, with high concentrations of sodium and aluminum, formed in the limestones

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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