Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Cachinal, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 646
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-646.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cachinal, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Arturo Prat Mine
Carmen Mine
Gloria Mine

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	Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Mica	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Covellite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Salesite ()*	Schwartzembergite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Au Br C Ca Cl Cu Fe H I K Mo O Pb S Sb Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cl Cu H I O Pb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Corundum Covellite Mica None Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	35561,35562	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	35561	2734
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	35561	1633
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	2	35560,35561	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	35560,35562	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0		4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	35561	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	35562	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	2	35560,35561	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	35561	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	35561	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	35560,35561	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	35561	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	35561	14640
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	35562	784
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	35560	17380
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	2	35560,35561	1425
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	35560,35561	61156
Salesite ()*	None	Cu(IO₃)(OH)	0		2
Schwartzembergite ()*	None	Pb²⁺₅H₂I³⁺O₆Cl₃	0		21
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	35560,35561	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	35560	21482
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	35562	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	35562	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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