Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Cuevitas, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 233227
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233227.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cuevitas, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Chimborazo
San Cristóbal

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.

Apatite	Atacamite	Copper	Gypsum	Linarite	None	Perovskite	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: Ag Au Ca Cl Cu H I Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Atacamite Copper Gypsum Linarite None Perovskite Quartz Rocksalt

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Caracolite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Diaboleite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Linarite ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schwartzembergite ()*
Thénardite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Caracolite ()*	Apatite	Na₂(Pb₂Na)(SO₄)₃Cl	1	35585	20
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	35585	1382
Diaboleite ()*	Perovskite	CuPb₂Cl₂(OH)₄	1	35585	57
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	35585	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	35585	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	35585	6890
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	35585	987
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	1	35585	158
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	35585	61156
Schwartzembergite ()*	None	Pb²⁺₅H₂I³⁺O₆Cl₃	1	35585	21
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	1	35583	299

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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