Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
San Bartolo District, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 24
Youngest recorded age at locality: 24

mindat Locality ID: 233100
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233100.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Bartolo District, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
San Bartolo Mine

Latitude: 22°44'"S
Longitude: 68°13'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.733333333333,-68.232777777778

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.

Allophane	Atacamite	Copper	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz

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 Cl Cu H O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Atacamite Copper None Not in a structural group Quartz

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Atacamite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Quartz ()*

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
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	24	24	1	35864	544
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	24	24	1	35864	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	24	24	1	35864	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	24	24	1	35864	2970
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	24	24	1	35864	61156

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
	sedcu-00332	24	24	Oligocene-Miocene										Cu	195853	San Bartolo Mine, San Bartolo District, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile	San Bartolo	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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