Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Quillota Province, Valparaíso, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 120
Youngest recorded age at locality: 120

mindat Locality ID: 122163
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122163.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Quillota Province, Valparaíso, Chile": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
La Campana District
Los Nogales
Marga Marga

Latitude: 32°38'48"S
Longitude: 71°6'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.646666666667,-71.109444444444

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Marcasite	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel
Titanite

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Marcasite Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel
Titanite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	120	120	1	36861	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	120	120	1	36861	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	120	120	2	36853,36861	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	120	120	2	36853,36861	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	120	120	2	36853,36861	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	120	120	1	36861	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	120	120	2	36853,36861	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	120	120	1	36853	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	120	120	1	36861	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	120	120	2	36853,36861	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	120	120	1	36862	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	120	120	2	36853,36861	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	120	120	1	36853	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	120	120	1	36853	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	120	120	1	36861	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	120	120	1	36853	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	120	120	2	36853,36861	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	120	120	1	36853	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	120	120	1	36853	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	120	120	1	36861	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	120	120	2	36853,36861	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	120	120	1	36861	4899

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
	sedcu-00336	120	120	L. Cretaceous										Cu	122163	Quillota Province, Valparaíso, Chile	Veta Negra	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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