Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Margarita Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile

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

mindat Locality ID: 54261
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54261.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Margarita Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, 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.

Apatite	Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Phenakite	Rocksalt

Boleite ()*	Caracolite ()*	Cotunnite ()*	Diaboleite ()*	Galena ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Paralaurionite ()*	Penfieldite ()*	Pseudoboleite ()*
Seeligerite ()*	Willemite ()*

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 Ca Cl Cu H I K Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Ca Cl Cu H I K Na O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Gypsum None Not in a structural group Perovskite Phenakite Rocksalt

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Boleite ()*	None	KAg₉Pb₂₆Cu₂₄Cl₆₂(OH)₄₈	64	63	65
Caracolite ()*	Apatite	Na₂(Pb₂Na)(SO₄)₃Cl	64	63	20
Cotunnite ()*	None	PbCl₂	64	63	54
Diaboleite ()*	Perovskite	CuPb₂Cl₂(OH)₄	64	63	57
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	64	63	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	64	63	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	64	63	1689
Paralaurionite ()*	None	PbCl(OH)	64	63	46
Penfieldite ()*	None	Pb₂Cl₃(OH)	64	63	22
Pseudoboleite ()*	None	Pb₃₁Cu₂₄Cl₆₂(OH)₄₈	64	63	33
Seeligerite ()*	None	Pb₃(IO₄)Cl₃	64	63	12
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	64	63	303

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
R050163	Margarita Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile	https://rruff.info/R050163
R050162	Margarita Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile	https://rruff.info/R050162

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