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:
San Miguel Prospect, Los Azules Mine, Quebrada San Miguel, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 123596
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123596.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Miguel Prospect, Los Azules Mine, Quebrada San Miguel, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 27°24'10"S
Longitude: 69°51'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.402777777778,-69.852777777778

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.

Andalusite	Meta-autunite	Natroautunite	None	Phosphuranylite	Stilbite

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 Cu H K Na O P Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu H K Na O P Si U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Meta-autunite Natroautunite None Phosphuranylite Stilbite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Haiweeite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Meta-ankoleite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*
Phurcalite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*	Weeksite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Haiweeite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(Si₅O₁₂)(OH)₂·6H₂O	15
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	234
Meta-ankoleite ()*	Natroautunite	K(UO₂)(PO₄)·3H₂O	10
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	388
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	443
Phurcalite ()*	Phosphuranylite	Ca₂(UO₂)₃O₂(PO₄)₂·7H₂O	20
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	369
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	268
Weeksite ()*	None	(K)₂(UO₂)₂(Si₅O₁₃)·4H₂O	42

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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