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Locality Name:
Indigena Vein, Tambo Mine, El Indio Deposit, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 20.93
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 301756
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-301756.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Indigena Vein, Tambo Mine, El Indio Deposit, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, 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

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: Al Ba H K O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba H K O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteNoneQuartz

3 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)611.274.90966
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)11.274.9011547
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211.274.9061156



20 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
AJES44_373-0002077~7     Yes Au24300El Indio Deposit, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, ChileEl IndioSillitoe (1997)10.1080/08120099708728318AJES44_373 
Kristen00142210.710.1410.42±0.2840Ar/39Ar alunite  YesAlunite  24399Tambo Mine, El Indio Deposit, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, ChileTambo DepositDeyell et al. (2005)10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.06.038CG215_185 
Kristen00142311.2710.7311±0.2740Ar/39Arpre-ore acid-sulfate alterationhighaluniteT10a YesAlunite  24399Tambo Mine, El Indio Deposit, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, ChileTambo DepositDeyell et al. (2005)10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.06.038CG215_185plateau age *priority age
Kristen00142411.2110.5310.87±0.3440Ar/39Arpre-ore acid-sulfate alterationlowaluniteT10a YesAlunite  24399Tambo Mine, El Indio Deposit, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, ChileTambo DepositDeyell et al. (2005)10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.06.038CG215_185integrated date
Kristen00142512.569.6411.1±1.4640Ar/39Arpre-ore acid-sulfate alterationlowaluniteT10a YesAlunite  24399Tambo Mine, El Indio Deposit, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, ChileTambo DepositDeyell et al. (2005)10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.06.038CG215_185correlation date
Kristen0014268.928.58.71±0.2140Ar/39Armineralization of gold, minor sulfides (enargite, galena, pyrite), native Te, Te-Au minerals, and native goldlowaluniteT01 YesAlunite  24399Tambo Mine, El Indio Deposit, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, ChileTambo DepositDeyell et al. (2005)10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.06.038CG215_185integrated date
Kristen0014279.358.098.72±0.6340Ar/39Armineralization of gold, minor sulfides (enargite, galena, pyrite), native Te, Te-Au minerals, and native goldlowaluniteT01 YesAlunite  24399Tambo Mine, El Indio Deposit, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, ChileTambo DepositDeyell et al. (2005)10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.06.038CG215_185correlation date
Kristen0014288.398.098.24±0.1540Ar/39Armineralization of native gold and trace enargitelowalunite  YesAlunite  24399Tambo Mine, El Indio Deposit, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, ChileTambo DepositDeyell et al. (2005)10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.06.038CG215_185 
Kristen0014299.068.168.61±0.4540Ar/39Ar lowaluniteT35 YesAlunite  24399Tambo Mine, El Indio Deposit, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, ChileTambo DepositDeyell et al. (2005)10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.06.038CG215_185integrated date
Kristen0014309.048.228.63±0.4140Ar/39Ar highaluniteT35 YesAlunite  24399Tambo Mine, El Indio Deposit, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, ChileTambo DepositDeyell et al. (2005)10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.06.038CG215_185plateau age *priority age
Kristen00143113.250.696.97±6.2840Ar/39Ar lowaluniteT35 YesAlunite  24399Tambo Mine, El Indio Deposit, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, ChileTambo DepositDeyell et al. (2005)10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.06.038CG215_185correlation date
Kristen0014329.278.098.68±0.5940Ar/39Ar lowaluniteT17 YesAlunite  24399Tambo Mine, El Indio Deposit, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, ChileTambo DepositDeyell et al. (2005)10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.06.038CG215_185integrated date
Kristen0014339.248.488.86±0.3840Ar/39Ar highaluniteT17 YesAlunite  24399Tambo Mine, El Indio Deposit, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, ChileTambo DepositDeyell et al. (2005)10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.06.038CG215_185plateau age *priority age
Kristen00143412.425.528.97±3.4540Ar/39Ar lowaluniteT17 YesAlunite  24399Tambo Mine, El Indio Deposit, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, ChileTambo DepositDeyell et al. (2005)10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.06.038CG215_185correlation date
Kristen0014357.337.037.18±0.1540Ar/39Ar lowalunite  YesAlunite  24399Tambo Mine, El Indio Deposit, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, ChileTambo DepositDeyell et al. (2005)10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.06.038CG215_185integrated date
Kristen0014367.397.117.25±0.1440Ar/39Ar highalunite  YesAlunite  24399Tambo Mine, El Indio Deposit, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, ChileTambo DepositDeyell et al. (2005)10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.06.038CG215_185plateau age *priority age
Kristen0014377.47.147.27±0.1340Ar/39Ar lowalunite  YesAlunite  24399Tambo Mine, El Indio Deposit, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, ChileTambo DepositDeyell et al. (2005)10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.06.038CG215_185correlation date
Kristen00143810.264.57.38±2.8840Ar/39Ar lowalunite  YesAlunite  24399Tambo Mine, El Indio Deposit, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, ChileTambo DepositDeyell et al. (2005)10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.06.038CG215_185integrated date
Kristen00143910.54.97.7±2.840Ar/39Ar highalunite  YesAlunite  24399Tambo Mine, El Indio Deposit, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, ChileTambo DepositDeyell et al. (2005)10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.06.038CG215_185plateau age *priority age
Kristen00144020.9308.15±12.7840Ar/39Ar lowalunite  YesAlunite  24399Tambo Mine, El Indio Deposit, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, ChileTambo DepositDeyell et al. (2005)10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.06.038CG215_185correlation date


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