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:
El Orito District, Huasco Province, Atacama, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 188396
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188396.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "El Orito District, Huasco Province, Atacama, Chile": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Angela Mine
Carmen Alto Mine
Genova Mine
La Trece Mine
Turin Mine

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.

Allophane	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Titanite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	36424	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	36424	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	3	36424,36427,36428	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	36424,36428	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	36424,36426,36428	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	36424,36427,36428	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	36424,36425,36426,36427,36428	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	36424	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	36424,36428	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4	36424,36425,36427,36428	4165
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	36424	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	36424,36425,36426,36427	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	36424	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	36424,36425,36426,36428	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	36424,36426,36428	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	36424,36425,36426,36427	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	4	36424,36425,36427,36428	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5	36424,36425,36426,36427,36428	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	36424	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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