Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Garín Nuevo District, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 205150
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205150.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Garín Nuevo District, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Descubridora Mine
Estrella Mine
Por Si Acaso Mine
Restauradora Mine
Veta Gruesa 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	Brochantite	Malachite	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 Cu H O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Brochantite Malachite None Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Brochantite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Dioptase ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	36230	1633
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	36230	3531
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	1	36230	164
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	36226,36227,36228,36229,36230	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	36230	12537
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	36226,36227,36228,36229,36230	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	36226,36227,36230	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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