Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
La Pepa Mine, Punta Brava District, Tres Puentes, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 188228
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188228.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Pepa Mine, Punta Brava District, Tres Puentes, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Copper	Enargite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Stibnite	Sulphur
Wurtzite

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K O S Sb Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Copper Enargite None Pyrite Quartz Stibnite Sulphur
Wurtzite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Alunite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Enargite ()*
Gold ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*
Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	966
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	910
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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