Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Las Cañas District, Huasco Province, Atacama, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 188519
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188519.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Las Cañas District, Huasco Province, Atacama, Chile": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Calvarino Mine
Cañas Norte Mine
Fortuna Mine
La Deseada 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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Corundum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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: C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Corundum Malachite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Malachite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	36446,36447	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	36444,36445,36446,36447	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4	36444,36445,36446,36447	4979
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	36444,36445,36446,36447	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	36444,36445,36447	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	36444,36446	12537
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	36444,36445,36446,36447	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	36445,36446,36447	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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