Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Queténa Mine (Queténa Prospect), Toki Cu Deposit (Toki Cluster), Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 38.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 37.6

mindat Locality ID: 643
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-643.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Queténa Mine (Queténa Prospect), Toki Cu Deposit (Toki Cluster), Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 22°24'29"S
Longitude: 68°57'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.408055555556,-68.954722222222

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.

Alunite	Amarantite	Atacamite	Aubertite	Botryogen	Chalcanthite	Copiapite	Copper	Coquimbite	Halotrichite
Kieserite	Metavoltine	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Roselite	Römerite	Tamarugite	Voltaite

Alunogen ()*	Amarantite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Aubertite ()*	Bandylite ()*
Botryogen ()*	Butlerite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Coquimbite ()*
Eriochalcite ()*	Fibroferrite ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hohmannite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Krausite ()*	Kröhnkite ()*	Metahohmannite ()*	Metavoltine ()*	Parabutlerite ()*
Paracoquimbite ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Quartz ()*	Quenstedtite ()*	Römerite ()*
Silver ()*	Szomolnokite ()*	Tamarugite ()*	Voltaite ()*

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 B Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al B Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amarantite Atacamite Aubertite Botryogen Chalcanthite Copiapite Copper Coquimbite Halotrichite
Kieserite Metavoltine None Not in a structural group Quartz Roselite Römerite Tamarugite Voltaite

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	38.2	37.6	272
Amarantite ()*	Amarantite	Fe³⁺₂O(SO₄)₂·7H₂O	38.2	37.6	22
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	38.2	37.6	544
Aubertite ()*	Aubertite	Cu²⁺Al(SO₄)₂Cl·14H₂O	38.2	37.6	13
Bandylite ()*	None	CuB(OH)₄Cl	38.2	37.6	2
Botryogen ()*	Botryogen	MgFe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·7H₂O	38.2	37.6	45
Butlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·2H₂O	38.2	37.6	26
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	38.2	37.6	925
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	38.2	37.6	382
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	38.2	37.6	136
Eriochalcite ()*	None	CuCl₂·2H₂O	38.2	37.6	13
Fibroferrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	38.2	37.6	107
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	38.2	37.6	409
Hohmannite ()*	Amarantite	Fe³⁺₂O(SO₄)₂·8H₂O	38.2	37.6	10
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	38.2	37.6	2228
Krausite ()*	None	KFe³⁺(SO₄)₂·H₂O	38.2	37.6	21
Kröhnkite ()*	Roselite	Na₂Cu(SO₄)₂·2H₂O	38.2	37.6	27
Metahohmannite ()*	Amarantite	Fe³⁺₂O(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	38.2	37.6	9
Metavoltine ()*	Metavoltine	K₂Na₆Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₆O₂(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	38.2	37.6	78
Parabutlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·2H₂O	38.2	37.6	23
Paracoquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	38.2	37.6	30
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	38.2	37.6	158
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	38.2	37.6	61156
Quenstedtite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₃·11H₂O	38.2	37.6	17
Römerite ()*	Römerite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₄·14H₂O	38.2	37.6	115
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	38.2	37.6	5186
Szomolnokite ()*	Kieserite	Fe(SO₄)·H₂O	38.2	37.6	139
Tamarugite ()*	Tamarugite	NaAl(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	38.2	37.6	87
Voltaite ()*	Voltaite	K₂Fe²⁺₅Fe³⁺₃Al(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	38.2	37.6	111

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-00320	38.2	37.6	37.9±0.3							Yes		Atacamite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Epidote, Galena, Goethite, Hematite, Jarosite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tenorite	Cu	205947	Toki Cu Deposit (Toki Cluster), Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile	Toki	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060751	Queténa Mine (Queténa Prospect), Toki Cu Deposit (Toki Cluster), Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile	https://rruff.info/R060751
R070362	Queténa Mine (Queténa Prospect), Toki Cu Deposit (Toki Cluster), Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile	https://rruff.info/R070362

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