Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Michilla District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 190649
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-190649.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Michilla District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Buena Vista Mine
Carolina Mine
Juarez Mine
Llano-Gambeta Desierto Mine
Michilla Mine (Lince Mine)
Nucleo X Mine
Susana Mine

Latitude: 22°42'43"S
Longitude: 70°11'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.711944444444,-70.191944444444

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	Amphibole	Atacamite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anilite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Atacamite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	35616	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	35616	8803
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄	1	35616	88
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	3	35614,35616,35618	544
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3	35614,35616,35618	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	35614,35616,35618	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	35614,35616,35618	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	35614,35616,35618	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3	35614,35616,35618	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3	35614,35616,35618	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	35616,35618	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	3	35614,35616,35618	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	3	35614,35616,35618	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	35616	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	35616	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	35616	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	35616	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	35614,35616,35618	14640
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	35614,35618	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	35614,35618	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	35614,35618	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	35616	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	35614,35616,35618	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	35614,35616,35618	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	35616	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	35616	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...