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:
Nueva Elqui District, Coquimbo, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 193157
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193157.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nueva Elqui District, Coquimbo, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, Chile": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Carmen Mine
Machetillo Mine
Paloma Mine
Plomiza 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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Diaspore	Mica	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Clay Copper Diaspore Mica None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	1	36537	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	36537	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	36536,36538,36539	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	36536,36537,36538,36539	27770
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	36536,36537,36538,36539	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	36536	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	36538	30554
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	36536	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	36536	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	36536,36538,36539	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	3	36536,36537,36538	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	36536,36537,36539	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	36536	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	3	36536,36538,36539	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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