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:
Descubridora Mine, San Antonio District, Potrero Grande, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 188476
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188476.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Descubridora Mine, San Antonio District, Potrero Grande, 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.

Acanthite	Arsenic	Calcite	Copper	Domeykite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz

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 As Bi C Ca Cu O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Bi C Ca Cu O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenic Calcite Copper Domeykite None Not in a structural group Quartz

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Calcite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*
Domeykite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Domeykite ()*	Domeykite	Cu₃As	73
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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