Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Caldera, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 240541
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240541.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Caldera, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Quebrada Seca
San José Mine

Latitude: 27°9'36"S
Longitude: 70°29'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.16,-70.496666666667

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	Copper	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Volborthite

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 O S Si V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

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

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Atacamite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Gold ()*	Malachite ()*
Quartz ()*	Tenorite ()*	Volborthite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	2	36092,36093	544
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	36092	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	36092,36093	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	36092,36093	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	36092	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	36092,36093	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	36092	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	36092	2970
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	36092,36093	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	36092,36093	12537
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	36092,36093	61156
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	36092	1101
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O	1	36093	155

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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