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:
Guanaco (Huanaco), Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 669
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-669.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guanaco (Huanaco), Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Abundancia Mine
Chilena Mine
El Guanaco Mine
Emma Luisa Mine
Perseverancia Mine
Salvadora Mine
Santa Rosa Mine

Latitude: 25°6'21"S
Longitude: 69°32'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.105833333333,-69.535833333333

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.

Adelite	Akrochordite	Allophane	Alunite	Andalusite	Arsenolite	Arthurite	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite
Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chenevixite	Clay	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Enargite
Fairfieldite	Gilmarite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Matlockite	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite
Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Talc	Wurtzite

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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H I K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Cu Fe H K O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Akrochordite Allophane Alunite Andalusite Arsenolite Arthurite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite
Calcite Chalcopyrite Chenevixite Clay Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Enargite
Fairfieldite Gilmarite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Matlockite None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Pyrite
Pyrophyllite Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Talc Wurtzite

64 IMA Minerals at location:

Alunite ()*	Anatase ()*	Antlerite ()*	Arhbarite ()*	Arthurite ()*
Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Beaverite-(Zn) ()*
Bismoclite ()*	Boleite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cattiite ()*
Ceruleite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chenevixite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Clinoatacamite ()*	Clinoclase ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Copper ()*	Cornubite ()*
Cornwallite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Enargite ()*	Erazoite ()*	Gilmarite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Guanacoite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hollandite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lammerite ()*	Lavendulan ()*	Lemanskiite ()*
Luetheite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mansfieldite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Pharmacoalumite ()*
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Sampleite ()*	Schlossmacherite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Senarmontite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Talmessite ()*	Todorokite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	35632,35635	966
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	35632	2162
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	1	35634	246
Arhbarite ()*	Gilmarite	Cu₂Mg(AsO₄)(OH)₃	2	35634,35637	3
Arthurite ()*	Arthurite	CuFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂·4H₂O	0		35
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	35639	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	35634	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	35633,35634,35635,35638	11547
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Alunite	Pb(Fe³⁺₂Cu)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	35634	132
Beaverite-(Zn) ()*	None	Pb(Fe³⁺₂Zn)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	35634	4
Bismoclite ()*	Matlockite	BiOCl	1	35634	71
Boleite ()*	None	KAg₉Pb₂₆Cu₂₄Cl₆₂(OH)₄₈	1	35634	65
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	3	35634,35637,35639	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	35634	27770
Cattiite ()*	None	Mg₃(PO₄)₂·22H₂O	1	35637	8
Ceruleite ()*	None	CuAl₄(AsO₄)₂(OH)₈(H₂O)₄	2	35634,35637	19
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	35634	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	35634	27198
Chenevixite ()*	Chenevixite	CuFe³⁺(AsO₄)(OH)₂	3	35633,35634,35638	90
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	35634,35637	3531
Clinoatacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	35634	43
Clinoclase ()*	None	Cu₃(AsO₄)(OH)₃	1	35634	127
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	35634	363
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	35634	3846
Cornubite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	35634	109
Cornwallite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	35634	175
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	35634	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	35635	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	35634	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	35634,35637	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	3	35632,35634,35637	910
Erazoite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₄SnS₆	1	35633	1
Gilmarite ()*	Gilmarite	Cu²⁺₃(AsO₄)(OH)₃	1	35634	8
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	35634	30554
Guanacoite ()*	Akrochordite	Cu₂Mg₃(OH)₄(AsO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	35634	3
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	35634	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	35635	243
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	2	35634,35637	180
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	35633	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	35632	5591
Lammerite ()*	None	Cu₃(AsO₄)₂	2	35632,35634	10
Lavendulan ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	1	35634	149
Lemanskiite ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·3H₂O	2	35632,35634	7
Luetheite ()*	Chenevixite	CuAl(AsO₄)(OH)₂	1	35634	5
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	35634	12537
Mansfieldite ()*	None	Al(AsO₄)·2H₂O	4	35632,35634,35637,35638	42
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	4	35632,35633,35634,35637	492
Pharmacoalumite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KAl₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6.5H₂O	1	35637	17
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	0		428
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	35634	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	35632	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	35632,35634,35637,35638,35639	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	35632	5614
Sampleite ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(PO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	1	35637	40
Schlossmacherite ()*	Alunite	(H₃O)Al₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	35634,35637	2
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	3	35633,35634,35638	1153
Senarmontite ()*	Arsenolite	Sb₂O₃	1	35632	179
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	35634	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	35634	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	35632	3337
Talmessite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Mg(AsO₄)₂·2H₂O	1	35634	46
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	35635	433

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060730	Guanaco (Huanaco), Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile	https://rruff.info/R060730
R060715	Guanaco (Huanaco), Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile	https://rruff.info/R060715
R060716	Guanaco (Huanaco), Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile	https://rruff.info/R060716
R130688	El Guanaco Mine, Guanaco (Huanaco), Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile	https://rruff.info/R130688
R060261	Emma Luisa Mine, Guanaco (Huanaco), Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile	https://rruff.info/R060261

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