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:
Catemu, San Felipe De Aconcagua Province, Valparaíso, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 207720
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207720.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Catemu, San Felipe De Aconcagua Province, Valparaíso, Chile": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
El Salado Cu-(Ag) Deposit
Mantos De Catemu Cu Deposit

Latitude: 32°42'57"S
Longitude: 70°58'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.715833333333,-70.974444444444

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Feldspar	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt

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 Cu Fe Na O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Feldspar None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	36867	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	36868	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	36867,36868	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	36868	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	36868	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	36867,36868	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	36868	24243
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	36868	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	36867	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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