Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
El Peñón Mine, Escondida, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1880
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1880

mindat Locality ID: 191528
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191528.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 24°19'59"S
Longitude: 69°10'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.333055555556,-69.166666666667

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	Alunite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum	Kaolinite
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite

Acanthite ()*	Alunite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coronadite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	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 Au Ca Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Ca Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Gypsum Kaolinite
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1880	1880	2793
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1880	1880	966
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1880	1880	27198
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1880	1880	227
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1880	1880	599
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1880	1880	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1880	1880	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1880	1880	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1880	1880	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1880	1880	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1880	1880	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1880	1880	5591
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1880	1880	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1880	1880	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1880	1880	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1880	1880	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1880	1880	21482

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-00097	1880	1880	1880							Yes		Alunite, Anilite, Antlerite, Atacamite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Diaspore, Digenite, Djurleite, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Goethite, Hematite, Idaite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Sphalerite, Svanbergite, Turquoise	Cu	39272	La Escondida Mine, Escondida, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile	Escondida	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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