Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Cobija Punta Tames District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 196001
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-196001.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cobija Punta Tames District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Huanillo Mine
Mantos Del Pacífico 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.

Allophane	Atacamite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Digenite	None	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz
Spinel

Atacamite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Digenite ()*	Hematite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Phenakite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

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 Be C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Atacamite Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Digenite None Phenakite Pyrite Quartz
Spinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	35580	544
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	35580	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	35580	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	35580	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	35580	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	35580	3531
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	35580	1027
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	35580	14640
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	35580	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	35580	14899
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	1	35579	326
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	35580	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	35580	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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