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:
La Deseada Sector, Caracoles Mining District, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 64
Youngest recorded age at locality: 63

mindat Locality ID: 207769
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207769.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Deseada Sector, Caracoles Mining District, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile": 53
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 50

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Atalaya Mine
Cautiva Mine
Estrella Mine
Flor Del Desierto Mine
Inca-Huasi Mine
La Deseada Mine
Merceditas Mine
San Francisco Mine
Sierra Bella Vista
Sierra Blanca-Torre
Sierra San José

Latitude: 23°2'20"S
Longitude: 69°'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.038888888889,-69.005555555556

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Copper	Gypsum	Linarite	None	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: Ag Ba C Ca Cl Cu H I O Pb S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Copper Gypsum Linarite None Rocksalt

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Linarite ()*	Schwartzembergite ()*
Silver ()*

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	64	63	2	35667,35669	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	64	63	1	35667	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	64	63	1	35693	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	64	63	4	35679,35681,35682,35693	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	64	63	1	35667	4979
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	64	63	1	35669	1382
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	64	63	1	35693	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	64	63	1	35693	6890
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	64	63	1	35693	987
Schwartzembergite ()*	None	Pb²⁺₅H₂I³⁺O₆Cl₃	64	63	1	35693	21
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	64	63	45	35665,35667,35669,35670,35671,35673,35674,35675,35676,35677,35678,35679,35680,35681,35682,35684,35685,35686,35687,35688,35691,35692,35694,35695,35696,35697,35698,35699,35700,35701,35702,35703,35704,35705,35706,35707,35708,35709,35710,35711,35712,35713,35714,35715,35716	5186

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
	PorphCu-00004	64	63	64–63							Yes		Antlerite, Atacamite, Brochantite, Chalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Jarosite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite	Cu	672	Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile	Sierra Gorda	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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