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Locality Name:
Ovalle, Limarí Province, Coquimbo, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 24
Youngest recorded age at locality: 9

mindat Locality ID: 131772
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131772.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ovalle, Limarí Province, Coquimbo, Chile": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Algarrobo Mine
Cazadero River
Flor De Chile Mine
Las Cardas Mine
Las Galenas Mine
Panulcillo Mine
Punitaqui

Latitude: 30°27'17"S
Longitude: 71°13'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.454722222222,-71.218333333333

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	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Löllingite	Malachite	Marcasite
Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Altaite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Clintonite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*
Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Haüyne ()*
Hematite ()*	Lazurite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Mercury ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pargasite ()*	Petzite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*
Realgar ()*	Safflorite ()*	Sodalite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tellurium ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Digenite Epidote Feldspar Löllingite Malachite Marcasite
Melonite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Wollastonite

47 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	36635	3419
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe			2	36637,36646	489
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	24	24	1	36632	1036
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	36635	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	36641	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	36630	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	36638	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			2	36635,36644	1633
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂			1	36637	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	24	9	9	36630,36631,36632,36634,36635,36637,36638,36643,36644	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	36634	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			2	36646,36647	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			5	36634,36635,36641,36643,36644	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			2	36633,36635	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			5	36630,36639,36640,36641,36644	2600
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	36635	1025
Clintonite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAlMg₂(SiAl₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	36635	86
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	36635	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	36633	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	36647	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	36635	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	36630,36635	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	36634,36635	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			4	36637,36643,36644,36646	30554
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	24	24	2	36631,36632	158
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			6	36634,36635,36638,36639,36643,36644	14640
Lazurite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₇Ca(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄)(S₃)^1-·H₂O	24	9	2	36631,36632	37
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			3	36635,36638,36644	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			3	36633,36641,36646	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	36635	5674
Mercury ()*	None	Hg			1	36644	397
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	36635	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	36630,36635	17380
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	36635	313
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂			2	36637,36646	409
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	24	24	2	36631,36635	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	13	9	8	36630,36631,36632,36634,36635,36641,36643,36644	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	36635	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	24	9	10	36630,36632,36634,36635,36637,36639,36640,36641,36643,36644	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂			1	36634	233
Realgar ()*	None	AsS			1	36638	712
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂			1	36634	317
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	24	24	2	36631,36632	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	36634,36635	21482
Tellurium ()*	None	Te			1	36637	190
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			3	36630,36638,36644	5317
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	24	9	1	36631	1247

2 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
	BM16_57-001	13	9	13-9									Lazulite	S	204791	Flor De Chile Mine, Ovalle, Limarí Province, Coquimbo, Chile	The Flor de los Andes	Esquivela & Muñozc (2005)		BM16_57	hydrothermal alteration (13-9 Ma) during which sulfur was added, forming lazurite and thus, lapis lazuli.
	BM16_57-002	24	24	24									Hauyne	Na, Al	204791	Flor De Chile Mine, Ovalle, Limarí Province, Coquimbo, Chile	The Flor de los Andes	Esquivela & Muñozc (2005)		BM16_57	contact metamorphism (24 Ma) during which the calcsilicates and haüyne, with high concentrations of sodium and aluminum, formed in the limestones

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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