Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Caballo Muerto District, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 194159
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194159.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Caballo Muerto District, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Huanta Mine
Ines Chica Mine
Judith Mine
Por Si Acaso Mine
Prospecto Caballo Muerto
Rio De La Sal Quarry
San David Mine
Sin Codicia Mine
Sofía Dos Mine
Sofía Tres Mine
Viernes Santo 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	Apatite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Bismutite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite
Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Ramsdellite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismutite ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Nitratine ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Ramsdellite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Vanadinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mn Mo N Na O Pb S Sb Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Apatite Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Bismutite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite
Marcasite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Ramsdellite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite
Spinel Tetrahedrite

37 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	35966	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	35972	2734
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	35967	544
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	35967	11547
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	35973	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	35969	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	35974	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	35965,35966,35967,35971,35975	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	35968,35972	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	35967,35969	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	35966,35967,35973,35974	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3	35966,35971,35974	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	35967	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	35967	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	35966,35974	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	35967,35968,35969,35973,35974,35975	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	35972	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	35966,35969,35971,35975	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	35966,35974	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	35970	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	35967,35971,35973	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	35968	1689
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	35966	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	35966	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	35967,35974	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	35965	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	35975	5674
Nitratine ()*	Calcite	Na(NO₃)	1	35970	91
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	35966,35967,35973,35974,35975	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2	35965,35975	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	35965,35966,35967,35971,35974,35975	61156
Ramsdellite ()*	Ramsdellite	MnO₂	1	35965	88
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	35966	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	35967,35969,35973,35974	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	3	35967,35973,35974	5317
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	2	35968,35970	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	35968	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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