Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 114
Youngest recorded age at locality: 95

mindat Locality ID: 654
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-654.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile": 75
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 75

Number of Child Localities: 75
Child Localities:
Araucana Mine
Bandera Chilena Mine
Bocona Mine
Bolaco Nuevo Mine (Nuevo Bolaco Mine)
Bolaco Viejo Mine (Viejo Bolaco Mine)
Carlota Mine
Carmen Bajo Mine
Carmen De La Quebradita Mine
Carpas Mine
Carvallo Mine
Cautiva Oriental Mine (Cautiva Oriente Mine)
Chacabuco Mine
Colorada Mine (Corrida Colorada Mine; Colorado Mine)
Colorado De Carpas Mine
Confianza Mine
Constancia Mine
Delirio Mine
Demasías Mine
Descubridora Mine
Deseada Mine
Desempeño Mine
Dolores 1 Mine
Dolores 3 Mine (Dolores Tercera Mine)
Dos Amigos Mine
Emperador Mine
Esperanza Mine
Flor De María Mine
Gloria Mine
Guias De Carpas
Guías De Jordan Mine
Huanaca Mine
Huanaquita Mine
Juana Mine
Jueves Mine
Justicia Mine
Locura Mine
Loreto Mine
Los Frayles
Manto De Cobo Mine
Manto De Mandiola Mine
Manto De Ossa Mine (Mantos Ossa Mine)
Manto Del Rincón Mine
Manto Peralta Mine
Margarita 2 Mine (Margarita Segunda Mine)
Margarita Mine
Matucana Mine
Millonaria Mine
Mineralogista Mine
Negrita Mine
Nuevo Delirio Mine
Puerto De Casma Mine
Quebradita Mine
Republicana Mine
Reventón Colorada Mine
Romantica Mine
Rothschild Mine (Rothschils Mine)
San Alejandro Mine
San Antonio Del Mar Mine
San Bernadino Mine
San Blas Mine
San Feliz Mine
San Francisco Mine
San Francisquito Mine
San José De Los Cobos Mine
San Pascual Mine
Santa Catalina Mine
Santa Rita Mine
Santa Rosa Mine
Santo Domingo Mine
Secreto Mine
Talcahuana Mine
Trinidad Mine
Valenciana Mine
Veinte Y Cinco Mine
Yungai Mine

Latitude: 27°49'1"S
Longitude: 70°24'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.816944444444,-70.408055555556

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	Adelite	Allargentum	Allophane	Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brucite
Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Domeykite	Epidote	Feldspar
Fettelite	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite	Xanthoconite

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 As Ba Br C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg I K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg I K Mg Mn O S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Allargentum Allophane Amphibole Andalusite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Brucite
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Domeykite Epidote Feldspar
Fettelite Gypsum Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Polybasite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Wollastonite Wurtzite Xanthoconite

53 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Adamite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Brucite ()*
Calcite ()*	Capgaronnite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Domeykite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fettelite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*	Malachite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Moschellandsbergite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tocornalite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Xanthoconite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	114	95	15	36127,36136,36137,36140,36141,36145,36147,36163,36178,36180,36184,36186,36187,36192,36197	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	114	95	0		3419
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	114	95	0		254
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	114	95	3	36151,36165,36178	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	114	95	0		9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	114	95	0		2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	114	95	5	36139,36151,36155,36160,36168	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	114	95	1	36161	5516
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	114	95	5	36137,36145,36185,36187,36197	227
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	114	95	0		462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	114	95	29	36127,36128,36129,36133,36135,36136,36137,36141,36143,36145,36146,36147,36151,36155,36160,36161,36163,36165,36167,36168,36170,36171,36178,36180,36184,36186,36188,36192,36197	27770
Capgaronnite ()*	None	AgHgClS	114	95	0		11
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	114	95	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	114	95	1	36161	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	114	95	13	36129,36137,36139,36143,36145,36163,36164,36180,36184,36185,36187,36188,36197	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	114	95	1	36163	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	114	95	1	36162	2600
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	114	95	1	36163	363
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	114	95	0		3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	114	95	1	36146	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	114	95	0		4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	114	95	1	36137	9895
Domeykite ()*	Domeykite	Cu₃As	114	95	1	36146	73
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	114	95	1	36163	180
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	114	95	5	36140,36141,36180,36184,36197	8173
Fettelite ()*	Fettelite	[Ag₆As₂S₇][Ag₁₀HgAs₂S₈]	114	95	3	36136,36146,36185	5
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	114	95	0		663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	114	95	7	36140,36141,36147,36161,36180,36184,36197	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	114	95	0		7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	114	95	0		6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	114	95	1	36137	14640
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	114	95	10	36129,36133,36137,36140,36141,36143,36145,36185,36187,36197	180
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	114	95	0		12537
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	114	95	0		300
Moschellandsbergite ()*	None	Ag₂Hg₃	114	95	0		24
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	114	95	0		17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	114	95	0		2349
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	114	95	1	36146	306
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	114	95	0		249
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	114	95	2	36140,36141	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	114	95	3	36127,36146,36180	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	114	95	1	36146	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	114	95	3	36136,36161,36187	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	114	95	0		3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	114	95	3	36136,36137,36163	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	114	95	0		6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	114	95	27	36127,36129,36133,36135,36136,36137,36139,36140,36143,36145,36146,36147,36151,36155,36160,36161,36163,36164,36165,36168,36170,36171,36178,36180,36186,36187,36197	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	114	95	5	36140,36141,36161,36180,36184	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	114	95	2	36178,36185	586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	114	95	0		3418
Tocornalite ()*	None	(Ag,Hg)I (?)	114	95	0		3
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	114	95	0		1247
Xanthoconite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃AsS₃	114	95	2	36146,36192	89

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
	Hg-00008	114	95										Cinnabar, Fettelite, Moschellandsbergite	Hg	654	Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile		Sillitoe (2007)	10.2113/gsecongeo.102.5.777	EG102_777

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R100083	Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile	https://rruff.info/R100083
R060356	Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile	https://rruff.info/R060356

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