Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Aisén, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 161
Youngest recorded age at locality: 84

mindat Locality ID: 131746
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131746.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aisén, Chile": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Aisén Province (Aysén Province)
Capitán Prat Province
Coyhaique Province (Coihaique Province)
El Faldeo
General Carrera Province

Latitude: 46°19'18"S
Longitude: 72°16'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -46.321666666667,-72.278611111111

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	Amphibole	Analcime	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Astrophyllite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Ilvaite	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite
Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Tobermorite

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anorthite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Astrophyllite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-richterite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*
Ilvaite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Maldonite ()*
Mesolite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tacharanite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tobermorite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Zektzerite ()*

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 As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti U W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Analcime Arsenic Arsenopyrite Astrophyllite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Ilvaite Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite
Natrolite Nickeline None Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite
Spinel Tetrahedrite Tobermorite

40 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
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	86	84	1	35520	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	124	88	1	35526	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	86	84	1	35521	1627
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	86	84	1	35521	1036
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	86	84	1	35520	295
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	161	88	2	35526,35539	9052
Astrophyllite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaFe²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	86	84	1	35520	161
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	86	84	1	35520	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	161	140	1	35539	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	124	88	1	35526	1966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	124	84	2	35522,35526	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	161	84	6	35522,35526,35537,35539,35543,35545	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	161	84	3	35522,35526,35539	8173
Ferro-richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	86	84	1	35520	30
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	86	84	1	35520	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	86	84	1	35521	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	161	88	11	35527,35530,35533,35534,35535,35536,35537,35538,35539,35543,35545	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	161	88	2	35526,35539	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	35545	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	124	88	1	35526	804
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	124	88	1	35526	197
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	161	140	1	35539	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	161	140	1	35539	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	124	84	3	35522,35526,35545	14899
Maldonite ()*	None	Au₂Bi	124	88	1	35526	88
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	86	84	1	35521	425
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	86	84	2	35522,35537	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	161	84	3	35522,35526,35539	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	86	84	1	35521	1236
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	161	84	5	35522,35526,35537,35539,35543	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	124	88	1	35526	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	124	88	7	35527,35534,35535,35536,35537,35538,35543	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	35545	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	161	140	1	35539	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	161	88	6	35526,35530,35533,35537,35539,35543	21482
Tacharanite ()*	None	Ca₁₂Al₂Si₁₈O₃₃(OH)₃₆	86	84	1	35521	47
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	161	88	2	35526,35539	5317
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	86	84	1	35521	114
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			2	35537,35545	2718
Zektzerite ()*	None	NaLiZrSi₆O₁₅	86	84	1	35520	11

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Scott-RGC29_3-0001	86	84	86-84	K-Ar	age of intrusion	biotite	Q-373	56323	Del Salto Pluton, Aisén Province (Aysén Province), Aisén, Chile	Del Salto Pluton	Welkner et al (2002)	10.4067/S0716-02082002000100001	RGC29_3	Table 1
sedznpb-00142	124	88	106±18 –100±2					207667	Toqui Mine (San Antonio Mine), El Toqui Property, Cerro Estatuas Ñirehuao District, Coyhaique Province (Coihaique Province), Aisén, Chile	El Toqui	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252
sedznpb-00141	161	140	161–140					229629	El Faldeo, Aisén, Chile	El Faldeo	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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