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:
Coquimbo, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 131770
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131770.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Coquimbo, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, Chile": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Altar Mine
Las Hediondas Mine
Mercedes Mine
Nueva Elqui District
Rodaito Mine

Latitude: 29°55'"S
Longitude: 69°59'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.916666666667,-69.999444444444

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	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Diaspore	Enargite	Mica
Natrolite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Enargite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Libethenite ()*	Mesolite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scolecite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	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 Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Clay Copper Diaspore Enargite Mica
Natrolite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	1	36537	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	36537	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	36536,36538,36539	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	36536,36537,36538,36539	27770
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	36533	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	36536,36537,36538,36539	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	36536	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	36538	30554
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	1	36534	234
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	36540	425
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	36536	17380
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	36534	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	36536	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	36536,36538,36539	61156
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	36540	390
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	3	36536,36537,36538	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	36536,36537,36539	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	36536	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	3	36536,36538,36539	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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