Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Valparaíso, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 120
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.6

mindat Locality ID: 131752
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131752.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Valparaíso, Chile": 45
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 32

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Ísla De Pascua Province
Los Andes Province
Marga Marga Province
Petorca Province
Quillota Province
San Antonio Province
San Felipe De Aconcagua Province
Valparaíso Province

Latitude: 31°32'23"S
Longitude: 78°33'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.539722222222,-78.565277777778

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Baryte	Beryl	Brochantite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote
Feldspar	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Tetrahedrite	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: Ag Al As Au Ba Be Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Atacamite Baryte Beryl Brochantite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote
Feldspar Kaolinite Löllingite Linarite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Skutterudite Sphalerite Spinel
Tetrahedrite Titanite

58 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Ferri-katophorite ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Linarite ()*	Löllingite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*	Rutile ()*	Safflorite ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Wittichenite ()*

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	2	36861,36867	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	6.6	5.6	1	36843	966
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	120	120	1	36861	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	6.6	5.6	2	36840,36843	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	6.6	5.6	1	36843	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	120	5.6	4	36840,36853,36861,36869	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃			3	36851,36864,36871	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	12.3	10.4	2	36836,36871	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	6.6	5.6	4	36840,36843,36868,36869	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	36873	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	36872	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	120	5.6	8	36839,36840,36843,36845,36853,36861,36867,36868	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	36871	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	120	5.6	8	36839,36843,36851,36853,36861,36864,36868,36872	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	6.6	5.6	1	36849	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	120	10.4	4	36836,36839,36861,36868	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	120	5.6	11	36836,36839,36840,36843,36849,36851,36853,36861,36867,36868,36869	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	36851	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	6.6	5.6	1	36843	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS			1	36869	966
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	12.3	10.4	1	36836	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	12.3	10.4	1	36836	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	120	120	1	36853	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	6.6	5.6	1	36843	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	120	5.6	4	36839,36843,36861,36869	8173
Ferri-katophorite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Mg₄Fe³⁺)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	36835	9
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	12.3	10.4	1	36836	345
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	6.6	5.6	1	36843	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	120	5.6	6	36840,36843,36849,36853,36861,36868	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	36864	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	120	5.6	6	36843,36851,36862,36864,36875,36876	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	120	5.6	5	36840,36843,36851,36853,36861	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	6.6	5.6	1	36843	5591
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂			1	36871	987
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂			1	36869	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	120	5.6	4	36840,36851,36853,36869	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12.3	10.4	2	36836,36851	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	120	120	1	36853	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	120	120	2	36861,36873	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	120	10.4	2	36836,36853	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	12.3	5.6	6	36836,36840,36843,36851,36875,36876	17380
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	6.6	5.6	1	36843	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	6.6	5.6	1	36843	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	120	5.6	12	36836,36839,36840,36843,36845,36849,36851,36853,36861,36868,36875,36876	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	120	5.6	3	36839,36840,36853	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	120	5.6	10	36839,36840,36843,36845,36851,36853,36867,36869,36875,36876	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂			1	36869	233
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	120	120	1	36861	5614
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂			1	36869	317
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6.6	5.6	2	36840,36843	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	6.6	5.6	2	36843,36872	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃			1	36869	531
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	6.6	5.6	1	36849	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	120	5.6	6	36840,36843,36845,36849,36853,36861	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	6.6	5.6	1	36840	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	6.6	5.6	3	36840,36843,36845	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	120	120	2	36839,36861	4899
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃			1	36869	297

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	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-00321	12.3	10.4	12±0.3 – 10.4					Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	205949	Vizcachitas Property, Los Andes Province, Valparaíso, Chile	Vizcachitas	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
Scott-RGC29_3-0002	6.6	5.6	6.6-5.6	K-Ar	age of intrusion	biotite	Q-379			208799	San Lorenzo Mine, El Bronce District, Petorca Province, Valparaíso, Chile	San Lorenzo Pluton	Welkner et al (2002)	10.4067/S0716-02082002000100001	RGC29_3	Table 1
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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