Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Caracoles Mining District, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 64
Youngest recorded age at locality: 63

mindat Locality ID: 276463
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276463.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Caracoles Mining District, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile": 95
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 87

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
La Deseada Sector
La Isla Sector
Quebrada Honda
Tercero Sector

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Calcite	Copper	Gypsum	Hilgardite	Linarite
None	Rocksalt

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Caracolite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Leucostaurite ()*
Linarite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Paralaurionite ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Schwartzembergite ()*
Seeligerite ()*	Silver ()*

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 As B Ba C Ca Cl Cu H I Na O Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Apatite Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Calcite Copper Gypsum Hilgardite Linarite
None Rocksalt

17 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	64	63	3	35667,35669,35723	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	64	63	1	35667	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	64	63	1	35693	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	64	63	5	35679,35681,35682,35693,35723	27770
Caracolite ()*	Apatite	Na₂(Pb₂Na)(SO₄)₃Cl	64	63	1	35747	20
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	64	63	1	35667	4979
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	64	63	3	35669,35723,35747	1382
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	64	63	1	35693	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	64	63	2	35693,35747	6890
Leucostaurite ()*	Hilgardite	Pb₂[B₅O₉]Cl·0.5H₂O	64	63	1	35747	2
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	64	63	1	35693	987
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	64	63	1	35747	1107
Paralaurionite ()*	None	PbCl(OH)	64	63	1	35747	46
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	64	63	1	35747	158
Schwartzembergite ()*	None	Pb²⁺₅H₂I³⁺O₆Cl₃	64	63	2	35693,35747	21
Seeligerite ()*	None	Pb₃(IO₄)Cl₃	64	63	1	35747	12
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	64	63	84	35665,35667,35669,35670,35671,35673,35674,35675,35676,35677,35678,35679,35680,35681,35682,35684,35685,35686,35687,35688,35691,35692,35694,35695,35696,35697,35698,35699,35700,35701,35702,35703,35704,35705,35706,35707,35708,35709,35710,35711,35712,35713,35714,35715,35716,35718,35719,35720,35721,35722,35723,35724,35725,35726,35728,35729,35730,35731,35732,35733,35734,35735,35736,35737,35738,35739,35740,35741,35742,35743,35744,35745,35746,35747,35748,35749,35750,35751,35752,35753,35754,35755,35756,35757	5186

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-00004	64	63	64–63							Yes		Antlerite, Atacamite, Brochantite, Chalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Jarosite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite	Cu	672	Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile	Sierra Gorda	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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