Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Cabeza De Vaca District, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 188552
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188552.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cabeza De Vaca District, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Botón De Oro Mine
Estrella Mine
Japonesa Mine
Julia Mine
La Emilia Mine
Lucero Mine
Manto Barnes Mine
Negrita Mine
Remolinos Mine
San Eduardo Mine
San Pablo Mine
San Pedro Mine

Latitude: 26°46'45"S
Longitude: 70°11'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.779166666667,-70.186388888889

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	Allophane	Atacamite	Autunite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Copper	Corundum	Digenite	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite	Skutterudite	Smectite-vermiculite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Autunite ()*
Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*
Digenite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Safflorite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Skutterudite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Torbernite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Atacamite Autunite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay
Copper Corundum Digenite Feldspar Kaolinite Löllingite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group
Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Scheelite Skutterudite Smectite-vermiculite Tetrahedrite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	36069	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	36072	2734
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	1	36073	246
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	2	36073,36076	544
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	2	36075,36076	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	4	36067,36073,36075,36076	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3	36066,36075,36076	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	2	36073,36075	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	36069,36072	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	36076	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	7	36065,36070,36071,36072,36074,36075,36076	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	36065,36066,36071,36074,36075,36076	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	4	36067,36074,36075,36076	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	7	36066,36067,36070,36071,36072,36074,36075	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	9	36065,36067,36068,36070,36071,36072,36073,36074,36075	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	36070	1027
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	36065,36072,36073	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	36065	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	36075	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5	36067,36070,36073,36075,36076	12537
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	36075	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	36075	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	36075	2349
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	1	36073	158
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	36065,36066,36075,36076	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	36066,36068,36070,36072,36074,36075	61156
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	1	36069	317
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	3	36067,36070,36073	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	36068	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	36069	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	1	36069	531
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	36072	5317
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	2	36073,36076	1059
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	36073	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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