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:
Atahualpa District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 188520
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188520.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Atahualpa District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Calameña Mine
Texas Mine
Tres Cerros 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	Alunite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Caledonite	Clay	Gypsum	Linarite	Mica
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Anglesite ()*	Argentojarosite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Jarosite ()*	Linarite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Caledonite Clay Gypsum Linarite Mica
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	35817	2734
Argentojarosite ()*	Alunite	AgFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	35817	58
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	35817,35818	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	35816	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	1	35817	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	35817	4979
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	35817	3531
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	35817	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	35816,35817,35818	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	35817,35818	6890
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	35818	2228
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	35817	987
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	35817	17380
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	35817	254
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	35816,35817	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	35817	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	35816,35817,35818	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	35817,35818	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2	35816,35817	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	35816,35817	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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