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:
Lomas Bayas District, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 188400
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188400.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lomas Bayas District, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Alianza Mine
Carmen Mine
Cuarta Descubridora Mine
Descubridora Mine
Diana Mine
Farellón Mine
Guía De Retamo
La Presidenta Mine
Las Heras Mine
Los Amigos Mine
Virginia 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.

Acanthite	Apatite	Calcite	Copper	Corundum	None	Polybasite	Quartz	Rocksalt

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 Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Apatite Calcite Copper Corundum None Polybasite Quartz Rocksalt

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Stephanite ()*
Vanadinite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	4	36254,36255,36256,36262	2793
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	10	36254,36255,36256,36257,36258,36259,36261,36262,36263,36264	27770
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	5	36254,36255,36256,36257,36258	1382
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	36255,36256	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	36254,36255,36258,36259,36264	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	36258,36264	14640
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	2	36254,36257	716
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	36258,36259,36263,36264	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	8	36254,36255,36256,36258,36259,36262,36263,36264	5186
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	36257	586
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	36261	605

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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