Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cerro Blanco District, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 4.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 4.6

mindat Locality ID: 131765
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131765.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cerro Blanco District, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 22
Child Localities:
Amarilla Mine
Aniversario Galés Mine
Arenilla Mine
Carmen Alto Mine
Casualidad Mine
Farellones Mine
Linderos Mine
Mercedita Mine
Mollaca Alta Mine
Mollaca Baja Mine
Peñon Mine
Peñoncito Mine
Polemica Mine
Quebradita Mine
Rincón Mine
Rosario Mine
San Pedro Mine
Santa Fé Mine
Sara Mine
Vizcacha Alta Mine
Vizcachita Mine
Yerbas Buenas

Latitude: 28°1'60"S
Longitude: 70°7'60"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.033333333333,-70.133333333333

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.

Acanthite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Diaspore	Gypsum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Cuprotungstite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Proustite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Copper Corundum
Covellite Diaspore Gypsum Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Stibnite Tetrahedrite

34 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	4.6	4.6	1	36121	2793
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	4.6	4.6	1	36099	3092
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	4.6	4.6	2	36099,36109	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	4.6	4.6	2	36099,36111	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4.6	4.6	2	36099,36113	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	4.6	4.6	4	36099,36106,36107,36108	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	4.6	4.6	5	36099,36100,36108,36113,36117	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	4.6	4.6	1	36099	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4.6	4.6	5	36102,36104,36107,36108,36121	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4.6	4.6	2	36099,36119	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	4.6	4.6	3	36099,36104,36109	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4.6	4.6	20	36099,36101,36102,36103,36104,36105,36106,36107,36108,36109,36110,36111,36112,36113,36114,36115,36116,36117,36118,36119	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	4.6	4.6	1	36121	1382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	4.6	4.6	17	36099,36100,36101,36102,36103,36104,36105,36109,36110,36111,36112,36113,36114,36115,36116,36117,36118	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4.6	4.6	5	36099,36102,36106,36113,36114	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	4.6	4.6	3	36099,36105,36118	2970
Cuprotungstite ()*	None	Cu²⁺₃(WO₄)₂(OH)₂	4.6	4.6	1	36104	67
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	4.6	4.6	1	36099	246
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4.6	4.6	8	36099,36103,36106,36110,36113,36115,36116,36119	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	4.6	4.6	1	36099	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4.6	4.6	1	36099	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	4.6	4.6	1	36099	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4.6	4.6	1	36113	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4.6	4.6	12	36099,36100,36101,36102,36104,36105,36109,36111,36112,36113,36114,36118	12537
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	4.6	4.6	1	36121	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	4.6	4.6	1	36121	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4.6	4.6	18	36099,36101,36102,36103,36104,36105,36107,36108,36109,36110,36111,36112,36113,36114,36115,36116,36117,36118	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4.6	4.6	14	36099,36100,36102,36103,36107,36109,36110,36111,36112,36113,36114,36116,36117,36119	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	4.6	4.6	13	36099,36101,36102,36103,36104,36106,36107,36108,36109,36111,36114,36118,36119	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	4.6	4.6	2	36099,36121	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4.6	4.6	7	36099,36103,36106,36107,36113,36116,36119	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	4.6	4.6	5	36099,36100,36106,36107,36115	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	4.6	4.6	1	36099	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	4.6	4.6	7	36099,36103,36106,36110,36115,36116,36119	5317

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-00152	4.6	4.6	4.6										Cu	131765	Cerro Blanco District, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile	Cerro Blanco	Singer et al. (2005)		USGSOFR2005_1060

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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