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:
Punta De Díaz, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 94
Youngest recorded age at locality: 89.7

mindat Locality ID: 207684
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207684.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Punta De Díaz, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cerro Bandurrías Fe Deposit
Quebrada Galena

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Garnet	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

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 Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Garnet Marcasite None Pyrite Pyroxene
Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Andradite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	94	89.7	1	36310	1534
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	94	89.7	1	36310	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	94	89.7	1	36310	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	94	89.7	1	36310	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	94	89.7	1	36310	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	94	89.7	1	36310	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	36308	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	94	89.7	2	36308,36310	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	94	89.7	1	36310	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	94	89.7	1	36310	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	94	89.7	1	36310	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	94	89.7	1	36310	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-00143	94	89.7	93.6±0.4 – 90.1±0.4											207685	Maria Cristina Zn-Pb Deposit, Quebrada Galena, Punta De Díaz, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile	Maria Cristina	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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