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| 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. |
| 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) | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 8803 |
| Ammineite (*) | Not in a structural group | CuCl2·2NH3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 3 |
| Anorthite (*) | Feldspar | Ca(Al2Si2O8) | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 1036 |
| Antipinite (*) | Not in a structural group Oxalate | KNa3Cu2(C2O4)4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 1 |
| Atacamite (*) | Atacamite | Cu2Cl(OH)3 | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 544 |
| Chalcoalumite (*) | Chalcoalumite | CuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 91 |
| Chalcopyrite (*) | Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 27198 |
| Chanabayaite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu2Cl(N3C2H2)2(NH3,Cl,H2O, )4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 1 |
| Clinochlore (*) | Chlorite Clay | Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 1756 |
| Copper (*) | Copper | Cu | 1 | 36808 | 3846 | ||
| Darapskite (*) | None | Na3(SO4)(NO3)·H2O | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 31 |
| Dittmarite (*) | None | (NH4)Mg(PO4)·H2O | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 7 |
| Epidote (*) | Epidote Clinozoisite | Ca2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 8173 |
| Eugsterite (*) | None | Na4Ca(SO4)3·2H2O | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 32 |
| Galena (*) | Rocksalt | PbS | 1 | 36808 | 24243 | ||
| Gypsum (*) | Gypsum | Ca(SO4)·2H2O | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 6890 |
| Halite (*) | Rocksalt | NaCl | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 1398 |
| Huntite (*) | Not in a structural group | CaMg3(CO3)4 | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 69 |
| Ilmenite (*) | Corundum | Fe2+Ti4+O3 | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 5433 |
| Joanneumite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu(C3N3O3H2)2(NH3)2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 1 |
| Magnetite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 14899 |
| Mirabilite (*) | None | Na2(SO4)·10H2O | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 223 |
| Möhnite (*) | Aphthitalite | (NH4)K2Na(SO4)2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 1 |
| Natrolite (*) | Natrolite | Na2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 1236 |
| Natroxalate (*) | Oxalate | Na2(C2O4) | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 4 |
| Newberyite (*) | None | Mg(PO3OH)·3H2O | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 24 |
| Nitratine (*) | Calcite | Na(NO3) | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 91 |
| Prehnite (*) | Prehnite | Ca2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 1898 |
| Pyrite (*) | Pyrite | FeS2 | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 39462 |
| Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 61156 |
| Salammoniac (*) | None | (NH4)Cl | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 105 |
| Shilovite (*) | None | Cu(NH3)4(NO3)2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 1 |
| Thénardite (*) | None | Na2(SO4) | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 299 |
| Thomsonite-Ca (*) | Thomsonite | NaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 452 |
| Triazolite (*) | None | NaCu2(N3C2H2)2(NH3)2Cl3·4H2O | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 1 |
| Age ID | Locality Notes |
|---|---|
| Michelle_726 | The mountain of Pabellón de Pica belongs to a belt of Late Paleozoic and Mesozoic igneous rocks stretching along the northern coast of Chile and bearing numerous bird guano deposits. |
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michelle_0019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Age of mineralization | Ammineite, Joanneumite, Chanabayaite, Antipinite, Shilovite, Mohnite | 192704 | Pabellón De Pica, Chanabaya, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile | Pabellon de Pica guano deposit | Bojar et al. (2010) | 10.3749/canmin.48.5.1359 | CM48_1359 | Degradation of chalcopyrite from host rock provides copper elements to form minerals with nitrogen and carbon rich guano | |||||||||
| Michelle_726 | 359 | 66 | Late Paleozoic-Mesozoic | Age of igneous rocks | 192704 | Pabellón De Pica, Chanabaya, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile | Pabellón de Pica | Chukanov et al. (2015) | 10.1180/minmag.2015.079.5.07 | MM79_1111 | The mountain of Pabellón de Pica belongs to a belt of Late Paleozoic and Mesozoic igneous rocks stretching along the northern coast of Chile and bearing numerous bird guano deposits. |
| Sample | Source Locality | Reference URL |
|---|---|---|
| R120155 | Pabellón De Pica, Chanabaya, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile | https://rruff.info/R120155 |
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