Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Punta Del Cobre District, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 164
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 190504
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-190504.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Punta Del Cobre District, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Abundancia Mine
Agustina Mine
Alcaparrosa Mine
Batea Mine
Candelaria Copper Mining Complex
Carola Mine
Deseada Mine
Ojos Del Salado Mine (Punta De Cobre Mine)
Resguardo Mine
Socavón Rampa Mine
Trinidad Mine

Latitude: 27°29'25"S
Longitude: 70°16'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.490277777778,-70.267222222222

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	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Malachite	Marcasite	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite
Vivianite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andradite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stringhamite ()*	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 Au C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg Mo Na O S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Amphibole Arsenopyrite Atacamite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Malachite Marcasite Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite
Vivianite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	164	100	1	36316	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	164	100	1	36316	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	164	100	2	36316,36326	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	164	100	1	36316	2353
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	164	100	1	36316	1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	164	100	3	36313,36315,36324	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	164	100	3	36313,36315,36327	544
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	164	100	2	36315,36327	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	164	100	7	36316,36322,36323,36324,36326,36327,36328	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	164	100	3	36312,36313,36327	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	164	100	9	36312,36313,36315,36316,36322,36323,36326,36327,36328	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	164	100	1	36316	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	164	100	4	36312,36313,36315,36327	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	164	100	2	36315,36327	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	164	100	1	36327	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	164	100	3	36312,36315,36327	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	164	100	1	36316	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	164	100	1	36324	814
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	164	100	1	36324	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	164	100	1	36316	30554
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	164	100	1	36316	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	164	100	6	36316,36322,36323,36326,36327,36328	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	164	100	6	36316,36322,36323,36326,36327,36328	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	164	100	1	36327	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	164	100	1	36316	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	164	100	1	36316	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	164	100	9	36312,36313,36315,36316,36322,36323,36326,36327,36328	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	164	100	1	36316	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	164	100	9	36312,36313,36315,36316,36322,36323,36326,36327,36328	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	164	100	1	36327	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	164	100	1	36316	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	164	100	1	36316	21482
Stringhamite ()*	None	CaCu(SiO₄)·H₂O	164	100	1	36322	8
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	164	100	1	36315	5317

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
	vms-00385	164	100	Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous											190504	Punta Del Cobre District, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile	Punta del Cobre	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060821	Alcaparrosa Mine, Punta Del Cobre District, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile	https://rruff.info/R060821
R060820	Alcaparrosa Mine, Punta Del Cobre District, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile	https://rruff.info/R060820
R060934	Santos Mine, Candelaria Copper Mining Complex, Punta Del Cobre District, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile	https://rruff.info/R060934

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