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:
Vicuña, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 185312
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185312.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vicuña, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, Chile": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
El Cisne Mine
La Compañia
Los Porotitos Mine
Quebrada Uchumi

Latitude: 30°4'59"S
Longitude: 70°36'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.083055555556,-70.616111111111

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Copper	Fluorite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt	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: Al C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Copper Fluorite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Bornite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Copper ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Laumontite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	36612	2734
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	36614	5516
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	36612	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	36614	5707
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	36610	3846
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	36610	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	36612	24243
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	36611	1271
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	36612	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	36614	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	36612	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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