Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hornillos District, Limarí Province, Coquimbo, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 233103
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233103.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hornillos District, Limarí Province, Coquimbo, Chile": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mantos De Hornillos Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Malachite	Mica	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel

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 Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Atacamite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Malachite Mica None
Pyrite Quartz Spinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Atacamite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	36624	544
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	36624	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	36624	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	36624	3531
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	36624	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	36624	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	36624	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	36624	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	36624	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	36624	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	36624	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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