Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Capricornio Vein System, Antofagasta, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 292246
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-292246.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Capricornio Vein System, Antofagasta, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Mica	None	Nowackiite	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Aguilarite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Atacamite ()*
Baileychlore ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coronadite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cumengeite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Geffroyite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Herbertsmithite ()*	Hessite ()*
Hidalgoite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nowackiite ()*	Phosgenite ()*	Pseudoboleite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Seeligerite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H I K Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Se Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H I K Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Se Si Te Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Apatite Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Gypsum Kaolinite
Mica None Nowackiite Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Aguilarite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₄SeS	87
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	544
Baileychlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Zn,Fe²⁺,Al,Mg)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	16
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	227
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cumengeite ()*	None	Pb₂₁Cu₂₀Cl₄₂(OH)₄₀·6H₂O	43
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Geffroyite ()*	Pentlandite	(Cu,Fe,Ag)₉Se₈	10
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Herbertsmithite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃Zn(OH)₆Cl₂	21
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	804
Hidalgoite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(SO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)₆	57
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	180
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1107
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Nowackiite ()*	Nowackiite	Cu₆Zn₃As₄S₁₂	5
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	142
Pseudoboleite ()*	None	Pb₃₁Cu₂₄Cl₆₂(OH)₄₈	33
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Seeligerite ()*	None	Pb₃(IO₄)Cl₃	12
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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