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Locality Name:
Gaby Sur Mine, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 43
Youngest recorded age at locality: 41

mindat Locality ID: 191200
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191200.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gaby Sur Mine, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 23°24'38"S
Longitude: 68°49'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.410555555556,-68.818611111111

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	Alunite	Atacamite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Mica
None	Pyrite

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: Al Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mn O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mn O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Atacamite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Mica
None Pyrite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Atacamite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Neotocite ()*	Pyrite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	43	41	544
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	43	41	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	43	41	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	43	41	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	43	41	3531
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	43	41	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	43	41	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	43	41	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	43	41	2228
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	43	41	17380
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	43	41	186
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	43	41	39462

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
	PorphCu-00213	43	41	43–41									Atacamite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Epidote, Hematite, Jarosite, Pyrite, Neotocite	Cu	191200	Gaby Sur Mine, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile	Gaby	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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