Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Santa Rosa-Huantajaya District, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 174
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 24805
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24805.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santa Rosa-Huantajaya District, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Huantaca Mine
Pique Del Llano Mine
San Agustín Mine
San Simon Mine
Santa Rosa Mine

Latitude: 20°17'19"S
Longitude: 70°2'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.288611111111,-70.0425

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Burbankite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper
Covellite	Enargite	Gypsum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite	Tyrolite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*
Azurite ()*	Boleite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalconatronite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Juangodoyite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marshite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Nahcolite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Sanrománite ()*	Santarosaite ()*	Sideronatrite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stromeyerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Trona ()*	Tyrolite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 B C Ca Cl Cu Fe H I K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Cu Fe S Sb Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Atacamite Burbankite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper
Covellite Enargite Gypsum Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite Tyrolite Wurtzite

35 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	36825	2793
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	174	100	1	36829	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	174	100	1	36829	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	174	100	0		9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	174	100	2	36827,36829	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	174	100	1	36829	5509
Boleite ()*	None	KAg₉Pb₂₆Cu₂₄Cl₆₂(OH)₄₈			1	36827	65
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	174	100	2	36825,36829	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	174	100	0		5707
Chalconatronite ()*	None	Na₂Cu(CO₃)₂·3H₂O	174	100	1	36829	23
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	174	100	0		27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			1	36825	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	174	100	2	36828,36829	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	174	100	0		4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	174	100	1	36829	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	174	100	0		910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	36825	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	174	100	1	36829	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			1	36828	1398
Juangodoyite ()*	Not in a structural group	Na₂Cu(CO₃)₂	174	100	1	36829	2
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	174	100	1	36829	12537
Marshite ()*	Sphalerite	CuI			1	36827	12
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	174	100	1	36829	1107
Nahcolite ()*	None	NaH(CO₃)	174	100	1	36829	78
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	174	100	0		39462
Sanrománite ()*	Burbankite	Na₂CaPb₃(CO₃)₅	174	100	1	36829	2
Santarosaite ()*	None	CuB₂O₄	174	100	1	36829	1
Sideronatrite ()*	None	Na₂Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·3H₂O			1	36828	73
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	145	100	0		5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	174	100	0		21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS			1	36826	332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	174	100	0		5317
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O	174	100	1	36829	129
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O			1	36828	245
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	174	100	1	36829	1655

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_500	Silver bearing veins intrude fossiliferous limestone in the Coastal Cordillera of Iquique. Dioritic and andesitic dykes and sills form skarn, but the ore is primarily from the oxidized zone. Supergene and hypogene ore mineral assemblages have also been exploited.
Michelle_539	Silver bearing veins intrude fossiliferous limestone in the Coastal Cordillera of Iquique. Dioritic and andesitic dykes and sills form skarn, but the ore is primarily from the oxidized zone. Supergene and hypogene ore mineral assemblages have also been exploited.

2 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
	Michelle_500	174	145	Middle Jurassic, Late Jurassic		Age of host formation									69589	Santa Rosa Mine, Santa Rosa-Huantajaya District, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile	Santa Rosa Mine	Moreno and Gibbons (2007)		BOOK_TGC_2007	Age of fossiliferous limestone formation that hosts the Santa Rosa deposit.
	Michelle_539	145	100	Lower Cretaceous		Age of volcanic and intrusive rocks								Ag	69589	Santa Rosa Mine, Santa Rosa-Huantajaya District, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile	Santa Rosa Mine	Moreno and Gibbons (2007)		BOOK_TGC_2007	Age of volcanic and intrusive rocks

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060884	Santa Rosa Mine, Santa Rosa-Huantajaya District, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile	https://rruff.info/R060884

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