Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
La Higuera, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 207196
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207196.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Higuera, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, Chile": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Casus Mine
La Higuera District
Los Choros
Porvenir 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.

Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore
Dumortierite	Epidote	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz

Actinolite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Dumortierite ()*	Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*

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 As Au B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Fe O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore
Dumortierite Epidote Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	36555	3419
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	1	36558	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	36556,36558	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	36558	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	36559	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	36556,36558	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3	36555,36558,36559	3846
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	0		231
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	36555	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	36558	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	36556	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	36556	14640
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	36556	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	36556,36558	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	36558	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	36556,36558	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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