Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Punitaqui, Ovalle, Limarí Province, Coquimbo, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 678
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-678.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Punitaqui, Ovalle, Limarí Province, Coquimbo, Chile": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Flor De Azulillo Mine
Mantos De Punitaqui District
Santa Teresa Mine
Talca 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.

Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Digenite	Malachite	Melonite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Altaite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calaverite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Digenite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mercury ()*
Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Tellurium ()*
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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg O Pb S Sb Si Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Digenite Malachite Melonite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Spinel Tetrahedrite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	2	36637,36646	489
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	36641	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	36638	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	36644	1633
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	1	36637	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	36637,36638,36643,36644	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	36646,36647	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	36641,36643,36644	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	4	36639,36640,36641,36644	2600
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	36647	1027
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	36637,36643,36644,36646	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	36638,36639,36643,36644	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	36638,36644	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	36641,36646	12537
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	1	36644	397
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	2	36637,36646	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	36641,36643,36644	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	36637,36639,36640,36641,36643,36644	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	36638	712
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	1	36637	190
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	36638,36644	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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