Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
La Florida District, Pampa Capitana, Diego De Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 17

mindat Locality ID: 188685
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188685.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Florida District, Pampa Capitana, Diego De Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Florida Mine (Japonesa Mine; Andacollo 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.

Adelite	Baryte	Brackebuschite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Fairfieldite	None
Pyrite	Sphalerite	Spinel

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 Au Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H O P Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Baryte Brackebuschite Calcite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Fairfieldite None
Pyrite Sphalerite Spinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Roselite-β ()*	Austinite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tsumebite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Roselite-β ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Co(AsO₄)₂·2H₂O	23	17	1	35990	21
Austinite ()*	Adelite	CaZn(AsO₄)(OH)	23	17	1	35990	71
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	23	17	1	35990	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	23	17	1	35990	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	23	17	1	35990	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	23	17	1	35990	966
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	23	17	1	35990	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	23	17	1	35990	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	23	17	1	35990	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	23	17	1	35990	39462
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	23	17	1	35990	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	23	17	1	35990	21482
Tsumebite ()*	Brackebuschite	Pb₂Cu(PO₄)(SO₄)(OH)	23	17	1	35990	32

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Hg-00122	23	17								Yes		Calomel, Cinnabar, Mercury	Hg	189280	La Coipa Mine, Diego De Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile		Oviedo et al. (1991)	10.2113/gsecongeo.86.6.1287	EG86_1287

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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