Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sierra Jardín, Pabellón, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 130
Youngest recorded age at locality: 112

mindat Locality ID: 205158
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205158.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sierra Jardín, Pabellón, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Amolanas Mine
El Jardín Mine
Flor Del Valle 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.

Acanthite	Atacamite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Digenite	Epsomite	Jalpaite	Marcasite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Freibergite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jalpaite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Mckinstryite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wittichenite ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Atacamite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Digenite Epsomite Jalpaite Marcasite Mica None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

33 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	130	112	1	36287	2793
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	130	112	1	36287	3092
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	130	112	1	36287	544
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	130	112	1	36287	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	130	112	1	36287	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	130	112	1	36287	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	130	112	1	36287	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	130	112	1	36287	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	130	112	1	36287	2600
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	130	112	1	36287	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	130	112	1	36287	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	130	112	1	36287	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	130	112	1	36287	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	130	112	1	36287	484
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	130	112	1	36287	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	130	112	1	36287	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	130	112	1	36287	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	130	112	1	36287	14640
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	130	112	1	36287	116
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	130	112	1	36287	5674
Mckinstryite ()*	None	Ag₅Cu₃S₄	130	112	1	36287	51
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	130	112	1	36287	17380
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	130	112	1	36287	249
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	130	112	1	36287	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	130	112	1	36287	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	130	112	1	36287	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	130	112	1	36287	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	130	112	1	36287	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	130	112	1	36287	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	130	112	1	36287	332
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	130	112	1	36287	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	130	112	1	36287	5317
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	130	112	1	36287	297

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
	Hg-00121	130	112		Ar-Ar, K-Ar						Yes		Cinnabar, Eugenite, Kolymite, Luanheite	Hg	188244	Pabellón, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile		Marschik and Fontboté (2001); Kojima et al. (2007)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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