Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tambillos Mining District, La Serena, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 191867
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191867.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tambillos Mining District, La Serena, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, Chile": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
El Buitre Mine
Minillas Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Copper	Diaspore	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Vivianite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cuprotungstite ()*
Erythrite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*

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: As Au C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Copper Diaspore None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Titanite Vivianite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	36592	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	36592	5509
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	36592,36593	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	2	36592,36593	966
Cuprotungstite ()*	None	Cu²⁺₃(WO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	36593	67
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	36592,36593	814
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	36593	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	36592	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	36592	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	36593	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	36593	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	36592,36593	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	36592,36593	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	36593	1711
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	36593	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	36592	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	36592	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	36593	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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