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:
Los Azules Mine, Quebrada San Miguel, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 179940
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-179940.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Los Azules Mine, Quebrada San Miguel, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
San Miguel Prospect

Latitude: 27°24'9"S
Longitude: 69°51'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.4025,-69.8525

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	Alunite	Amorphous	Andalusite	Apatite	Atacamite	Betpakdalite	Brochantite	Calcite	Clay
Copper	Corundum	Gypsum	Linarite	Malachite	Meta-autunite	Mica	Natroautunite	None	Not in a structural group
Phosphuranylite	Pyrite	Quartz	Sepiolite	Stilbite	Turquoise

Atacamite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcosiderite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Cuprite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Gerhardtite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Haiweeite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Linarite ()*
Malachite ()*	Melkovite ()*	Meta-ankoleite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Phurcalite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*	Turquoise ()*	Weeksite ()*

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: Al Au C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo N Na O P Pb S Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo N O P Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amorphous Andalusite Apatite Atacamite Betpakdalite Brochantite Calcite Clay
Copper Corundum Gypsum Linarite Malachite Meta-autunite Mica Natroautunite None Not in a structural group
Phosphuranylite Pyrite Quartz Sepiolite Stilbite Turquoise

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	0		544
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	0		1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Chalcosiderite ()*	Turquoise	CuFe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	0		77
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	0		3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	0		2970
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	0		2740
Gerhardtite ()*	None	Cu₂(NO₃)(OH)₃	0		24
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Haiweeite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(Si₅O₁₂)(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	36337	15
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		2228
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	1	36337	234
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	0		987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Melkovite ()*	Betpakdalite	CaFe³⁺₂Mo₅O₁₀(PO₄)₂(OH)₁₂·8H₂O	0		4
Meta-ankoleite ()*	Natroautunite	K(UO₂)(PO₄)·3H₂O	1	36337	10
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	36337	388
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	36337	443
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	0		2994
Phurcalite ()*	Phosphuranylite	Ca₂(UO₂)₃O₂(PO₄)₂·7H₂O	1	36337	20
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	36337	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	0		241
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	36337	268
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	0		484
Weeksite ()*	None	(K)₂(UO₂)₂(Si₅O₁₃)·4H₂O	1	36337	42

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060732	Los Azules Mine, Quebrada San Miguel, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile	https://rruff.info/R060732
R050147	Los Azules Mine, Quebrada San Miguel, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile	https://rruff.info/R050147
R060698	Los Azules Mine, Quebrada San Miguel, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile	https://rruff.info/R060698

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