Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cerro Estatuas Ñirehuao District, Coyhaique Province (Coihaique Province), Aisén, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 124
Youngest recorded age at locality: 88

mindat Locality ID: 205149
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205149.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cerro Estatuas Ñirehuao District, Coyhaique Province (Coihaique Province), Aisén, Chile": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
El Toqui Property

Latitude: 45°2'32"S
Longitude: 71°57'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -45.042222222222,-71.963611111111

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Ilvaite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilvaite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Maldonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Feldspar Ilvaite
Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	124	88	1	35526	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	124	88	1	35526	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	124	88	1	35526	1966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	124	88	1	35526	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	124	88	1	35526	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	124	88	1	35526	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	124	88	4	35527,35530,35533,35534	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	124	88	1	35526	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	124	88	1	35526	804
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	124	88	1	35526	197
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	124	88	1	35526	14899
Maldonite ()*	None	Au₂Bi	124	88	1	35526	88
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	124	88	1	35526	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	124	88	1	35526	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	124	88	1	35526	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	124	88	2	35527,35534	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	124	88	3	35526,35530,35533	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	124	88	1	35526	5317

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedznpb-00142	124	88	106±18 –100±2											207667	Toqui Mine (San Antonio Mine), El Toqui Property, Cerro Estatuas Ñirehuao District, Coyhaique Province (Coihaique Province), Aisén, Chile	El Toqui	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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