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:
Aisén Province (Aysén Province), Aisén, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 86
Youngest recorded age at locality: 84

mindat Locality ID: 188243
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188243.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aisén Province (Aysén Province), Aisén, Chile": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Del Salto Pluton
Puyuhuapi
Turbio Copper Deposit

Latitude: 46°1'59"S
Longitude: 72°9'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -46.033055555556,-72.15

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.

Amphibole	Analcime	Astrophyllite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	None	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Spinel	Tobermorite

Aegirine ()*	Analcime ()*	Anorthite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Astrophyllite ()*
Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-richterite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Tacharanite ()*	Tobermorite ()*
Zektzerite ()*

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 Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mo Na O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Astrophyllite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Mica Molybdenite Natrolite None Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Spinel Tobermorite

21 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
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	86	84	1	35520	1022
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	86	84	1	35521	1627
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	86	84	1	35521	1036
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	86	84	1	35520	295
Astrophyllite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaFe²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	86	84	1	35520	161
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	86	84	1	35520	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	86	84	1	35522	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	86	84	1	35522	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	86	84	1	35522	8173
Ferro-richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	86	84	1	35520	30
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	86	84	1	35520	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	86	84	1	35521	1188
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	86	84	1	35522	14899
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	86	84	1	35521	425
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	86	84	1	35522	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	86	84	1	35522	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	86	84	1	35521	1236
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	86	84	1	35522	39462
Tacharanite ()*	None	Ca₁₂Al₂Si₁₈O₃₃(OH)₃₆	86	84	1	35521	47
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	86	84	1	35521	114
Zektzerite ()*	None	NaLiZrSi₆O₁₅	86	84	1	35520	11

1 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
	Scott-RGC29_3-0001	86	84	86-84	K-Ar	age of intrusion		biotite	Q-373						56323	Del Salto Pluton, Aisén Province (Aysén Province), Aisén, Chile	Del Salto Pluton	Welkner et al (2002)	10.4067/S0716-02082002000100001	RGC29_3	Table 1

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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