Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Arqueros Ag Mining District, La Serena, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 666
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-666.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arqueros Ag Mining District, La Serena, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, Chile": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Aurora Mine
Condorriaco Mine
Marqueza
Rodeito Mine
Santa Rosa 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	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Descloizite	Digenite	Malachite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Polybasite	Prehnite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Altaite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bariopharmacoalumite ()*	Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Braunite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Cornubite ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scolecite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Te V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Mn O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum
Covellite Descloizite Digenite Malachite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Polybasite Prehnite
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

44 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	4	36563,36564,36567,36568	2793
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1	36564	489
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	36564	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	36564	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	36564,36566	5509
Bariopharmacoalumite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	Ba_0.5Al₄[(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄]·4H₂O	1	36566	9
Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	Ba_0.5Fe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·5H₂O	1	36566	150
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	36564,36566	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	36564	5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	0		483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	36564,36567,36568	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	36564	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	36564	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	36564	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	36564	1382
Cornubite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	36566	109
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	36564	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	36564	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	1	36563	300
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	36564	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	36564	30554
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	0		350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	36564	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	36564	804
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	36564	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	36564	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	36566	1107
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	36566	362
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	2	36564,36568	716
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	36567	1898
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	0		733
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	36566	369
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	36564	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	36564	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	0		3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	36566	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	36564,36567	61156
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	36567	390
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	36566	1153
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	4	36563,36564,36567,36568	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	36564	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1	36564	332
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	36564	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	36564	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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