Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pabellón De Pica, Chanabaya, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 359
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 192704
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192704.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pabellón De Pica, Chanabaya, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 20°54'32"S
Longitude: 70°8'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.908888888889,-70.138055555556

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.

Aphthitalite	Atacamite	Calcite	Chalcoalumite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Gypsum	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Oxalate	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Spinel	Thomsonite

Albite ()*	Ammineite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Antipinite ()*	Atacamite ()*
Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chanabayaite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Darapskite ()*
Dittmarite ()*	Epidote ()*	Eugsterite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Huntite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Joanneumite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mirabilite ()*
Möhnite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Natroxalate ()*	Newberyite ()*	Nitratine ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Salammoniac ()*	Shilovite ()*
Thénardite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Triazolite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg N Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg N Na O P S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aphthitalite Atacamite Calcite Chalcoalumite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Gypsum Natrolite None Not in a structural group Oxalate Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Spinel Thomsonite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	359	8803
Ammineite ()*	Not in a structural group	CuCl₂·2NH₃	0	3
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	359	1036
Antipinite ()*	Not in a structural group Oxalate	KNa₃Cu₂(C₂O₄)₄	0	1
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	359	544
Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcoalumite	CuAl₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O	359	91
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	359	27198
Chanabayaite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂Cl(N₃C₂H₂)₂(NH₃,Cl,H₂O, )₄	0	1
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	359	1756
Darapskite ()*	None	Na₃(SO₄)(NO₃)·H₂O	359	31
Dittmarite ()*	None	(NH₄)Mg(PO₄)·H₂O	359	7
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	359	8173
Eugsterite ()*	None	Na₄Ca(SO₄)₃·2H₂O	359	32
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	359	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	359	1398
Huntite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaMg₃(CO₃)₄	359	69
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	359	5433
Joanneumite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu(C₃N₃O₃H₂)₂(NH₃)₂	0	1
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	359	14899
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	359	223
Möhnite ()*	Aphthitalite	(NH₄)K₂Na(SO₄)₂	0	1
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	359	1236
Natroxalate ()*	Oxalate	Na₂(C₂O₄)	359	4
Newberyite ()*	None	Mg(PO₃OH)·3H₂O	359	24
Nitratine ()*	Calcite	Na(NO₃)	359	91
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	359	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	359	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	359	61156
Salammoniac ()*	None	(NH₄)Cl	359	105
Shilovite ()*	None	Cu(NH₃)₄(NO₃)₂	0	1
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	359	299
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	359	452
Triazolite ()*	None	NaCu₂(N₃C₂H₂)₂(NH₃)₂Cl₃·4H₂O	359	1

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_726	The mountain of Pabellón de Pica belongs to a belt of Late Paleozoic and Mesozoic igneous rocks stretching along the northern coast of Chile and bearing numerous bird guano deposits.

2 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
	Michelle_0019	0	0	0		Age of mineralization							Ammineite, Joanneumite, Chanabayaite, Antipinite, Shilovite, Mohnite		192704	Pabellón De Pica, Chanabaya, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile	Pabellon de Pica guano deposit	Bojar et al. (2010)	10.3749/canmin.48.5.1359	CM48_1359	Degradation of chalcopyrite from host rock provides copper elements to form minerals with nitrogen and carbon rich guano
	Michelle_726	359	66	Late Paleozoic-Mesozoic		Age of igneous rocks									192704	Pabellón De Pica, Chanabaya, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile	Pabellón de Pica	Chukanov et al. (2015)	10.1180/minmag.2015.079.5.07	MM79_1111	The mountain of Pabellón de Pica belongs to a belt of Late Paleozoic and Mesozoic igneous rocks stretching along the northern coast of Chile and bearing numerous bird guano deposits.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R120155	Pabellón De Pica, Chanabaya, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile	https://rruff.info/R120155

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