Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Checo De Cobre District, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 191868
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191868.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Checo De Cobre District, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Carlos Condell Mine
Descubridora Mine
Elisa Mine
Mandiola 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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz

Acanthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Arsenopyrite Atacamite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	36201	2793
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	36201,36202	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	4	36201,36202,36203,36204	544
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	36201	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	4	36201,36202,36203,36204	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	36201,36202	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	36202	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	36202,36203	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	36201,36202,36203,36204	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3	36201,36202,36204	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	36202,36204	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	36202,36203	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	3	36201,36202,36204	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	36201	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	36201	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	36201,36203	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	36201,36204	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	36203	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	36201,36202,36203	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	36201	5186

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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