Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
San Jose, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 196005
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-196005.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Jose, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Porvenir Mine
Tuina Mine (Tuina SX-EX Copper 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	Copper	Digenite	Epidote	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz

Atacamite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Malachite ()*
Piemontite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tenorite ()*

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 Mn O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Atacamite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Digenite Epidote Malachite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz

14 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	35866	544
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	35866,35867	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	35866	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	35866,35867	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	35866,35867	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	35866,35867	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	35867	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	35867	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	35866	1027
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	35867	12537
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	35867	260
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	35867	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	35866	61156
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	35867	1101

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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