Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

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:
Bahai De Ite Tailings Pile, Jorge Basadre Province, Tacna, Peru

mindat Locality ID: 265253
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-265253.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bahai De Ite Tailings Pile, Jorge Basadre Province, Tacna, Peru": 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	Atacamite	Aubertite	Blödite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Dansite	Diaspore	Gypsum
Hexahydrite	Melanterite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Tamarugite

Anhydrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Aubertite ()*	Blödite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	D'ansite ()*	Eriochalcite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Pentahydrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderotil ()*	Tamarugite ()*
Thénardite ()*

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 Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Atacamite Aubertite Blödite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Covellite Dansite Diaspore Gypsum
Hexahydrite Melanterite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Tamarugite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	544
Aubertite ()*	Aubertite	Cu²⁺Al(SO₄)₂Cl·14H₂O	13
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	130
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
D'ansite ()*	Dansite	Na₂₁Mg(SO₄)₁₀Cl₃	5
Eriochalcite ()*	None	CuCl₂·2H₂O	13
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1398
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	251
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	915
Pentahydrite ()*	Chalcanthite	Mg(SO₄)·5H₂O	32
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderotil ()*	Chalcanthite	Fe(SO₄)·5H₂O	84
Tamarugite ()*	Tamarugite	NaAl(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	87
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	299

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...