Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Capitana Mine, Ticnamar Area, Parinacota Province, Arica And Parinacota, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 195720
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195720.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Capitana Mine, Ticnamar Area, Parinacota Province, Arica And Parinacota, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 18°37'23"S
Longitude: 69°27'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.623055555556,-69.456666666667

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.

Aragonite	Arsenic	Baryte	Bournonite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore	Dugganite
Enargite	Lillianite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stannite
Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite	Zinkenite

Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Heyrovskýite ()*
Jamesonite ()*	Joëlbruggerite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Zinkenite ()*

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 Bi C Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenic Baryte Bournonite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Diaspore Dugganite
Enargite Lillianite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stannite
Stibnite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite Zinkenite

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1089
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Heyrovskýite ()*	Lillianite	Pb₆Bi₂S₉	66
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	784
Joëlbruggerite ()*	Dugganite	Pb₃Zn₃Sb⁵⁺As₂O₁₃(OH)	2
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	198
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	668
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	228

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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