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Locality Name:
El Faldeo, Aisén, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 161
Youngest recorded age at locality: 140

mindat Locality ID: 229629
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229629.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "El Faldeo, Aisén, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°25'26"S
Longitude: 72°28'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -47.423888888889,-72.474722222222
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Al As Au Ba Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenopyriteBaryteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteKaoliniteMica
NonePyriteRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS16114009052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)161140011547
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2161140027198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)16114008173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS161140024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu161140030554
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)616114002228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)416114005591
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2161140017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2161140039462
Silver  (*)CopperAg16114005186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS161140021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1316114005317


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedznpb-00141161140161–140        229629El Faldeo, Aisén, ChileEl FaldeoSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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