Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tucumana Mine, Inca De Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 60

mindat Locality ID: 50661
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50661.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tucumana Mine, Inca De Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, 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.

Allophane	Atacamite	Brochantite	Calcite	Copper	Mixite	None	Quartz	Rutile

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 Au C Ca Cl Cu H O S Si Ti Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu H O S Si Ti Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Atacamite Brochantite Calcite Copper Mixite None Quartz Rutile

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Agardite-(Y) ()*	Atacamite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Gold ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Zálesíite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Agardite-(Y) ()*	Mixite	YCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	66	60	90
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	66	60	544
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	66	60	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	66	60	27770
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	66	60	3531
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	66	60	30554
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	66	60	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	66	60	5614
Zálesíite ()*	Mixite	CaCu₆(AsO₄)₂(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆·3H₂O	66	60	84

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-00003	66	60	66–60							Yes		Alunite, Arsenopyrite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite, Dioptase, Enargite, Gold, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Molybdenite, Powellite, Pyrite	Cu	227986	Cerro La Campana Prospect, Inca De Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile	Inca de Oro	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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