Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Herminia Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile

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

mindat Locality ID: 11808
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11808.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Herminia Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, 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	Apatite	Atacamite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt

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 Ca Cl Cu Fe H I K Na O Pb S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Atacamite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Anhydrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Boleite ()*	Caracolite ()*
Galena ()*	Herbertsmithite ()*	Osarizawaite ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Quartz ()*
Schwartzembergite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	64	63	1588
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	64	63	544
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Alunite	Pb(Fe³⁺₂Cu)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	64	63	132
Boleite ()*	None	KAg₉Pb₂₆Cu₂₄Cl₆₂(OH)₄₈	64	63	65
Caracolite ()*	Apatite	Na₂(Pb₂Na)(SO₄)₃Cl	64	63	20
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	64	63	24243
Herbertsmithite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃Zn(OH)₆Cl₂	64	63	21
Osarizawaite ()*	Alunite	Pb(Al₂Cu²⁺)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	64	63	64
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	64	63	158
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	64	63	61156
Schwartzembergite ()*	None	Pb²⁺₅H₂I³⁺O₆Cl₃	64	63	21

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
	PorphCu-00004	64	63	64–63							Yes		Antlerite, Atacamite, Brochantite, Chalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Jarosite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite	Cu	672	Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile	Sierra Gorda	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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