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Locality Name:
El Toqui Property, Cerro Estatuas Ñirehuao District, Coyhaique Province (Coihaique Province), Aisén, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 124
Youngest recorded age at locality: 88

mindat Locality ID: 25369
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25369.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "El Toqui Property, Cerro Estatuas Ñirehuao District, Coyhaique Province (Coihaique Province), Aisén, Chile": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Antolin Mine
Aserradero Deposit
Concordia Deposit
Doña Rosa Mine
Estatuas Mine
Mallin-Mónica Mine
Toqui Mine (San Antonio Mine)
Zúñiga Mine

Latitude: 45°2'33"S
Longitude: 71°57'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -45.0425,-71.963611111111

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O S Sb Si Te Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteFeldsparIlvaite
MicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hessite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Maldonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1248808803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1248809052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1248801966
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12488027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212488027198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1248808173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12488435527,35530,35533,3553424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu12488030554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te124880804
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)124880197
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412488014899
Maldonite  (*)NoneAu2Bi12488088
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212488017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212488039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81248809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212488235527,3553461156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12488235530,3553321482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131248805317



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedznpb-0014212488106±18 –100±2        207667Toqui Mine (San Antonio Mine), El Toqui Property, Cerro Estatuas Ñirehuao District, Coyhaique Province (Coihaique Province), Aisén, ChileEl ToquiSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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