Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
El Tatio Geothermal Field, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 25957
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25957.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "El Tatio Geothermal Field, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 22°20'"S
Longitude: 68°1'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.333333333333,-68.016666666667

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.

Amorphous	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Gypsum	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Zircon

Anhydrite ()*	Cahnite ()*	Calcite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nobleite ()*
Opal ()*	Realgar ()*	Sassolite ()*	Sylvite ()*	Teruggite ()*
Ulexite ()*

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 As B C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Gypsum Mica None Not in a structural group
Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Zircon

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Cahnite ()*	Zircon	Ca₂B(AsO₄)(OH)₄	13
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Nobleite ()*	None	CaB₆O₉(OH)₂·3H₂O	11
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	712
Sassolite ()*	None	B(OH)₃	31
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	275
Teruggite ()*	None	Ca₄Mg[AsB₆O₁₁(OH)₆]₂·14H₂O	3
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O	160

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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