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Locality Name:
San Francisco Mine (Beatrix Mine), Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 64
Youngest recorded age at locality: 63

mindat Locality ID: 11428
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11428.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Francisco Mine (Beatrix Mine), Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 22°52'42"S
Longitude: 69°20'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.878333333333,-69.336666666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H I K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H I K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteAtacamiteBaryteBlöditeChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopper
CoronaditeCovelliteEpidoteGypsumKieseriteKtenasiteMalachiteMonaziteNoneNot in a structural group
PerovskitePyriteQuartzRhabdophaneRocksaltRoseliteScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelSulphur
Wurtzite

46 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bassanite  (*)
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)Beaverite-(Zn)  (*)Boleite  (*)Caracolite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Changoite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Christelite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)Crocoite  (*)Diaboleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gordaite  (*)Gunningite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Herbertsmithite  (*)Hetaerolite  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kröhnkite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Paralaurionite  (*)
Paratacamite  (*)Phoenicochroite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Schwartzembergite  (*)Seeligerite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Thénardite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)646302734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)646301588
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)364630544
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)6463011547
Bassanite  (*)RhabdophaneCa(SO4)·0.5H2O6463082
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)664630132
Beaverite-(Zn)  (*)NonePb(Fe3+2Zn)(SO4)2(OH)6646304
Boleite  (*)NoneKAg9Pb26Cu24Cl62(OH)486463065
Caracolite  (*)ApatiteNa2(Pb2Na)(SO4)3Cl6463020
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)646304979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS26463027198
Changoite  (*)BlöditeNa2Zn(SO4)2·4H2O646306
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl646301382
Christelite  (*)KtenasiteZn3Cu2(SO4)2(OH)6·4H2O646305
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O646303531
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O1664630227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS646304165
Crocoite  (*)Monazite BarytePb(CrO4)6463081
Diaboleite  (*)PerovskiteCuPb2Cl2(OH)46463057
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2646309895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)646308173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS6463024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu6463030554
Gordaite  (*)KtenasiteNaZn4(SO4)(OH)6Cl·6H2O6463017
Gunningite  (*)KieseriteZn(SO4)·H2O6463048
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O646306890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O646301689
Herbertsmithite  (*)AtacamiteCu3Zn(OH)6Cl26463021
Hetaerolite  (*)SpinelZnMn3+2O46463073
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI64630180
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6646302228
Kröhnkite  (*)RoseliteNa2Cu(SO4)2·2H2O6463027
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O46463014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)26463012537
Paralaurionite  (*)NonePbCl(OH)6463046
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)664630158
Phoenicochroite  (*)NonePb2O(CrO4)6463035
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)664630477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26463039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26463061156
Schwartzembergite  (*)NonePb2+5H2I3+O6Cl36463021
Seeligerite  (*)NonePb3(IO4)Cl36463012
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS6463021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS646302045
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)64630299
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4646301655


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
PorphCu-00004646364–63     YesAntlerite, Atacamite, Brochantite, Chalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Jarosite, Magnetite, Malachite, PyriteCu672Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, ChileSierra GordaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060792San Francisco Mine (Beatrix Mine), Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R060792
R100059San Francisco Mine (Beatrix Mine), Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R100059
R060387San Francisco Mine (Beatrix Mine), Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R060387
R070099San Francisco Mine (Beatrix Mine), Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R070099
R060714San Francisco Mine (Beatrix Mine), Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R060714

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