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:
San Pedro De Atacama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 207706
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207706.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Pedro De Atacama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Cerro De La Sal Quarry
Cordillera De La Sal
El Laco Fe Deposit
San Bartolo Deposit

Latitude: 22°53'8"S
Longitude: 68°17'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.885555555556,-68.294722222222

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Biphosphammite	Blödite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum
Covellite	Digenite	Gypsum	Heulandite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhabdophane
Rockbridgeite	Rocksalt	Scapolite	Spinel

Anhydrite ()*	Anilite ()*	Antarcticite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Atacamite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bassanite ()*	Biphosphammite ()*	Blödite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Clinoptilolite-Na ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Darapskite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*
Djurleite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Guanine ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Hematite ()*	Leonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marialite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rockbridgeite ()*	Tenorite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg N Na O P S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Biphosphammite Blödite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum
Covellite Digenite Gypsum Heulandite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Rhabdophane
Rockbridgeite Rocksalt Scapolite Spinel

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
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			6	35871,35872,35874,35875,35877,35878	1588
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄			1	35886	88
Antarcticite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaCl₂·6H₂O			1	35871	11
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			2	35869,35875	3250
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃			3	35869,35875,35886	544
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	35871,35872	11547
Bassanite ()*	Rhabdophane	Ca(SO₄)·0.5H₂O			1	35874	82
Biphosphammite ()*	Biphosphammite	(NH₄)H₂(PO₄)	0	0	2	35873,35876	11
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O			1	35872	130
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	35886	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	35879	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			1	35872	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	35886	27198
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	35871	203
Clinoptilolite-Na ()*	Heulandite	Na₆(Si₃₀Al₆)O₇₂·20H₂O			1	35875	24
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	35886	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	35886	2970
Darapskite ()*	None	Na₃(SO₄)(NO₃)·H₂O			1	35872	31
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	35886	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	35879	4135
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆			1	35886	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	35875	9895
Guanine ()*	None	C₅H₃(NH₂)N₄O	0	0	2	35873,35876	7
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0	0	7	35872,35873,35874,35875,35876,35877,35878	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	0	0	9	35869,35871,35872,35873,35874,35875,35876,35877,35878	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	35879	14640
Leonite ()*	None	K₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O			2	35871,35872	24
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	35879	14899
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl			1	35879	139
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	35879	2273
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0	0	3	35873,35875,35879	61156
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Fe²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅			1	35879	206
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	35886	1101

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_0022	Cave in formation

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
	Michelle_0022	0	0	0		Age of mineralization							Biphosphammite, Guanine, Gypsum, Halite		250080	Cueva Lechuza De Campanario, Cordillera De La Sal, San Pedro De Atacama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile	Cueva Lechuza de Campanario	De Waele et al. (2009)		G2_113	Mineralization occurs within caves in the Oligocene-Miocene aged Cordillera de la Sal evaporites.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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