Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Descubridora Mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 114
Youngest recorded age at locality: 95

mindat Locality ID: 189302
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189302.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Descubridora Mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 27°48'43"S
Longitude: 70°24'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.811944444444,-70.4025

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.

Calcite	Copper	None	Rocksalt	Wurtzite

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 C Ca Cl I O

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag C Ca Cl I O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Copper None Rocksalt Wurtzite

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*	Silver ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	114	95	27770
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	114	95	1382
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	114	95	180
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	114	95	5186

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-00008	114	95								Yes		Cinnabar, Fettelite, Moschellandsbergite	Hg	654	Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile		Sillitoe (2007)	10.2113/gsecongeo.102.5.777	EG102_777

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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