Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
San Pedro De Cachiyuyo District, Inca De Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 60

mindat Locality ID: 131766
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131766.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Pedro De Cachiyuyo District, Inca De Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Manto Cuba Mine
Rhodesia Mine
Rosalia Mine

Latitude: 26°45'"S
Longitude: 69°54'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.75,-69.9

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chenevixite	Copper
Cyanotrichite	Malachite	Medenbachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite	Spangolite	Sphalerite

Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chenevixite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*
Cyanotrichite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Gold ()*	Libethenite ()*
Ludjibaite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marshite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spangolite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H I Mg Mo O P S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chenevixite Copper
Cyanotrichite Malachite Medenbachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Scheelite Spangolite Sphalerite

25 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
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	66	60	1	36025	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	66	60	1	36026	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	66	60	1	36025	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	66	60	1	36025	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	66	60	2	36025,36027	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	66	60	1	36026	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	66	60	1	36026	27198
Chenevixite ()*	Chenevixite	CuFe³⁺(AsO₄)(OH)₂	66	60	1	36025	90
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	66	60	1	36025	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	66	60	1	36025	2970
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	66	60	1	36027	179
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	66	60	1	36025	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	66	60	1	36025	2740
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	66	60	1	36026	30554
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	66	60	1	36025	234
Ludjibaite ()*	Medenbachite	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	66	60	1	36025	12
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	66	60	2	36025,36027	12537
Marshite ()*	Sphalerite	CuI	66	60	1	36025	12
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	66	60	1	36025	494
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	66	60	1	36025	369
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	66	60	1	36025	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	66	60	1	36026	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	66	60	1	36025	61156
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O	66	60	1	36027	105
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	66	60	1	36026	21482

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-00003	66	60	66–60							Yes		Alunite, Arsenopyrite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite, Dioptase, Enargite, Gold, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Molybdenite, Powellite, Pyrite	Cu	227986	Cerro La Campana Prospect, Inca De Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile	Inca de Oro	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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