Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Parinacota Province, Arica And Parinacota, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.3

mindat Locality ID: 24837
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24837.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Parinacota Province, Arica And Parinacota, Chile": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Dos Hermanos Cu Deposit
Ticnamar Area

Latitude: 18°23'54"S
Longitude: 69°33'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.398333333333,-69.558055555556

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	Alunite	Aragonite	Aramayoite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Dugganite	Enargite	Kaolinite	Lillianite	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sartorite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite	Zinkenite

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Aragonite Aramayoite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Dugganite Enargite Kaolinite Lillianite Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Orpiment Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sartorite
Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite Zinkenite

54 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Aramayoite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dickite ()*
Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Guanajuatite ()*
Hematite ()*	Heyrovskýite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Joëlbruggerite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Liveingite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Schapbachite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stephanite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Zinkenite ()*

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	35955	2793
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	35955	966
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	35954	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			1	35955	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	35955	3092
Aramayoite ()*	Aramayoite	Ag₃Sb₂(Bi,Sb)S₆			1	35955	29
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	35955	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	35954,35955	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			2	35954,35955	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	35954	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	35954	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁			2	35954,35955	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃			1	35954	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	35955,35956	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	35954	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	35957	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	23	5.3	5	35952,35954,35955,35956,35957	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			1	35955	1382
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			2	35954,35955	4165
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	35955	651
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄			2	35954,35955	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			3	35954,35955,35956	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	35954,35955	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	35954,35955	30554
Guanajuatite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂Se₃			1	35955	37
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	35955	14640
Heyrovskýite ()*	Lillianite	Pb₆Bi₂S₉			1	35954	66
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄			1	35954	784
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	35955	2228
Joëlbruggerite ()*	Dugganite	Pb₃Zn₃Sb⁵⁺As₂O₁₃(OH)			1	35954	2
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	35955	5591
Liveingite ()*	Sartorite	Pb₂₀As₂₄S₅₆			1	35955	4
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄			2	35954,35955	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	23	5.3	2	35952,35955	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	23	5.3	2	35952,35955	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			3	35954,35955,35957	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃			1	35955	511
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]			1	35955	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃			1	35955	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	35955	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	23	5.3	4	35952,35954,35955,35957	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	35954	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			3	35954,35955,35956	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS			1	35955	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	35955	1711
Schapbachite ()*	Rocksalt	Ag_0.4Pb_0.2Bi_0.4S			1	35955	14
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			2	35954,35955	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			3	35954,35955,35956	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄			1	35954	668
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄			1	35955	586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			2	35954,35955	3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			2	35954,35955	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			3	35954,35955,35956	5317
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂			1	35954	228

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
	PorphCu-00568	23	5.3	Miocene?									Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	207309	Dos Hermanos Cu Deposit, Parinacota Province, Arica And Parinacota, Chile	Dos Hermanos	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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