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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. |
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 |
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Acanthite (*) | Acanthite | Ag2S | 2 | 36824,36825 | 2793 | ||
Akaganeite (*) | Coronadite | (Fe3+,Ni2+)8(OH,O)16Cl1.25·nH2O | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 63 |
Alamosite (*) | Not in a structural group | PbSiO3 | 1 | 36830 | 17 | ||
Albite (*) | Feldspar | Na(AlSi3O8) | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 8803 |
Ammineite (*) | Not in a structural group | CuCl2·2NH3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 3 |
Andradite (*) | Garnet | Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3 | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 1534 |
Anhydrite (*) | Not in a structural group | Ca(SO4) | 174 | 100 | 3 | 36819,36823,36829 | 1588 |
Anorthite (*) | Feldspar | Ca(Al2Si2O8) | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 1036 |
Antipinite (*) | Not in a structural group Oxalate | KNa3Cu2(C2O4)4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 1 |
Aragonite (*) | Aragonite | Ca(CO3) | 174 | 100 | 1 | 36829 | 3250 |
Arcanite (*) | Arcanite | K2(SO4) | 1 | 36814 | 30 | ||
Arsenic (*) | Arsenic | As | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 379 |
Arsenolite (*) | Arsenolite | As2O3 | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 231 |
Arsenopyrite (*) | Arsenopyrite | FeAsS | 174 | 100 | 2 | 36823,36824 | 9052 |
Atacamite (*) | Atacamite | Cu2Cl(OH)3 | 359 | 100 | 7 | 36806,36809,36815,36820,36822,36827,36829 | 544 |
Azurite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 | 174 | 100 | 1 | 36829 | 5509 |
Baryte (*) | Baryte | Ba(SO4) | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 11547 |
Bassanite (*) | Rhabdophane | Ca(SO4)·0.5H2O | 1 | 36822 | 82 | ||
Bideauxite (*) | None | AgPb2F2Cl3 | 1 | 36815 | 2 | ||
Blödite (*) | Blödite | Na2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 130 |
Boleite (*) | None | KAg9Pb26Cu24Cl62(OH)48 | 2 | 36815,36827 | 65 | ||
Calcite (*) | Calcite | Ca(CO3) | 174 | 100 | 4 | 36806,36823,36825,36829 | 27770 |
Camanchacaite (*) | Alluaudite | Na CaMg2(AsO4)2[AsO2(OH)2] | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 1 |
Canutite (*) | Alluaudite | Na MnMn2(AsO4)[AsO3(OH)]2 | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 1 |
Carnotite (*) | None | K2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36819 | 1184 |
Chalcoalumite (*) | Chalcoalumite | CuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 91 |
Chalcocite (*) | None | Cu2S | 174 | 100 | 2 | 36820,36824 | 5707 |
Chalconatronite (*) | None | Na2Cu(CO3)2·3H2O | 174 | 100 | 1 | 36829 | 23 |
Chalcophanite (*) | None | ZnMn4+3O7·3H2O | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 197 |
Chalcopyrite (*) | Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 359 | 100 | 4 | 36806,36809,36823,36824 | 27198 |
Chanabayaite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu2Cl(N3C2H2)2(NH3,Cl,H2O, )4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 1 |
Chinchorroite (*) | Not in a structural group | Na2Mg5(As2O7)2(AsO3OH)2(H2O)10 | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 1 |
Chlorargyrite (*) | Rocksalt | AgCl | 2 | 36824,36825 | 1382 | ||
Chongite (*) | Hureaulite | Ca3Mg2(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2·4H2O | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 3 |
Chrysocolla (*) | Allophane | (Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O | 174 | 100 | 5 | 36806,36811,36820,36828,36829 | 3531 |
Chudobaite (*) | Lindackerite | Mg5(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2·10H2O | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 2 |
Cinnabar (*) | None | HgS | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 2600 |
Claudetite (*) | None | As2O3 | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 35 |
Clinoatacamite (*) | Atacamite | Cu2Cl(OH)3 | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 43 |
Clinochlore (*) | Chlorite Clay | Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 1756 |
Copper (*) | Copper | Cu | 2 | 36808,36830 | 3846 | ||
Covellite (*) | Covellite | CuS | 174 | 100 | 1 | 36824 | 4165 |
Cuatrocapaite-(K) (*) | Cuatrocapaite | K3(NaMg )(As2O3)6Cl6·16H2O | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 1 |
Cuatrocapaite-(NH4) (*) | Cuatrocapaite | (NH4)3(NaMg )(As2O3)6Cl6·16H2O | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 1 |
Currierite (*) | None | Na4Ca3MgAl4(AsO3OH)12·9H2O | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 1 |
Darapskite (*) | None | Na3(SO4)(NO3)·H2O | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 31 |
Diopside (*) | Pyroxene | CaMgSi2O6 | 1 | 36830 | 4135 | ||
Dittmarite (*) | None | (NH4)Mg(PO4)·H2O | 359 | 0 | 2 | 36809,36814 | 7 |
Dolomite (*) | None | CaMg(CO3)2 | 174 | 100 | 1 | 36829 | 9895 |
Enargite (*) | Enargite Wurtzite | Cu3AsS4 | 174 | 100 | 1 | 36824 | 910 |
Epidote (*) | Epidote Clinozoisite | Ca2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 359 | 145 | 2 | 36809,36823 | 8173 |
Espadaite (*) | Not in a structural group | Na4Ca3Mg2[AsO3(OH)]2[AsO2(OH)2]10(H2O)6·H2O | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 1 |
Eugsterite (*) | None | Na4Ca(SO4)3·2H2O | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 32 |
Ferrinatrite (*) | None | Na3Fe3+(SO4)3·3H2O | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 25 |
Gajardoite (*) | Gajardoite | KCa0.5As3+4O6Cl2·5H2O | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 1 |
Galena (*) | Rocksalt | PbS | 3 | 36808,36825,36830 | 24243 | ||
Glauberite (*) | None | Na2Ca(SO4)2 | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 137 |
Goethite (*) | Diaspore | FeO(OH) | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 7437 |
Gold (*) | Copper | Au | 2 | 36806,36820 | 30554 | ||
Gypsum (*) | Gypsum | Ca(SO4)·2H2O | 359 | 100 | 5 | 36805,36809,36822,36823,36829 | 6890 |
Halite (*) | Rocksalt | NaCl | 359 | 145 | 8 | 36805,36809,36814,36819,36821,36822,36823,36828 | 1398 |
Hannayite (*) | None | (NH4)2Mg3(PO3OH)4·8H2O | 1 | 36817 | 7 | ||
Haydeeite (*) | Atacamite | Cu3Mg(OH)6Cl2 | 1 | 36822 | 3 | ||
Hedegaardite (*) | Cerite | (Ca,Na)9(Ca,Na)Mg(PO4)6(PO3OH) | 1 | 36818 | 2 | ||
Hematite (*) | Corundum | Fe2O3 | 174 | 145 | 3 | 36806,36819,36823 | 14640 |
Hörnesite (*) | Vivianite | Mg3(AsO4)2·8H2O | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 103 |
Huntite (*) | Not in a structural group | CaMg3(CO3)4 | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 69 |
Ilmenite (*) | Corundum | Fe2+Ti4+O3 | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 5433 |
Jarosite (*) | Alunite | KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 2228 |
Joanneumite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu(C3N3O3H2)2(NH3)2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 1 |
Juangodoyite (*) | Not in a structural group | Na2Cu(CO3)2 | 174 | 100 | 1 | 36829 | 2 |
Juansilvaite (*) | Not in a structural group | Na5Al3[AsO3(OH)]4[AsO2(OH)2]2(SO4)2·4H2O | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 1 |
Kalsilite (*) | None | KAlSiO4 | 1 | 36830 | 49 | ||
Lavendulan (*) | None | NaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 149 |
Leverettite (*) | Atacamite | Cu3CoCl2(OH)6 | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 1 |
Lucabindiite (*) | Lucabindiite | (K,NH4)As4O6(Cl,Br) | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 4 |
Magnesiocanutite (*) | Alluaudite | Na MnMg2[AsO4]2[AsO2(OH)2] | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 1 |
Magnesiofluckite (*) | Fluckite | CaMg(AsO3OH)2(H2O)2 | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 1 |
Magnesiokoritnigite (*) | Koritnigite | Mg(AsO3OH)·H2O | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 2 |
Magnetite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 | 359 | 145 | 3 | 36806,36809,36823 | 14899 |
Mahnertite (*) | None | (Na,Ca,K)Cu3(AsO4)2Cl·5H2O | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 5 |
Malachite (*) | Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 | 174 | 100 | 2 | 36806,36829 | 12537 |
Manganite (*) | Rutile | Mn3+O(OH) | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 770 |
Mansfieldite (*) | None | Al(AsO4)·2H2O | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 42 |
Marcasite (*) | Marcasite | FeS2 | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 5674 |
Marshite (*) | Sphalerite | CuI | 1 | 36827 | 12 | ||
Metasideronatrite (*) | None | Na2Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)·H2O | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 28 |
Mimetite (*) | Apatite | Pb5(AsO4)3Cl | 174 | 100 | 1 | 36829 | 1107 |
Mirabilite (*) | None | Na2(SO4)·10H2O | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 223 |
Möhnite (*) | Aphthitalite | (NH4)K2Na(SO4)2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 1 |
Molybdenite (*) | Molybdenite | MoS2 | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 5800 |
Muscovite (*) | Mica Clay | KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 1 | 36806 | 17380 | ||
Nahcolite (*) | None | NaH(CO3) | 174 | 100 | 1 | 36829 | 78 |
Natroalunite (*) | Alunite | NaAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 128 |
Natrojarosite (*) | Alunite | NaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 254 |
Natrolite (*) | Natrolite | Na2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 1236 |
Natropharmacoalumite (*) | Pharmacosiderite | NaAl4(AsO4)3(OH)4·4H2O | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 3 |
Natropharmacosiderite (*) | Pharmacosiderite | NaFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·4H2O | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 13 |
Natroxalate (*) | Oxalate | Na2(C2O4) | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 4 |
Newberyite (*) | None | Mg(PO3OH)·3H2O | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 24 |
Nitratine (*) | Calcite | Na(NO3) | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 91 |
Pararsenolamprite (*) | None | As | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 2 |
Paratacamite (*) | Atacamite | Cu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)6 | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 158 |
Picaite (*) | Not in a structural group | NaCa[AsO3OH][AsO2(OH)2] | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 1 |
Prehnite (*) | Prehnite | Ca2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 1898 |
Pyrite (*) | Pyrite | FeS2 | 359 | 100 | 4 | 36806,36809,36823,36824 | 39462 |
Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | 359 | 145 | 5 | 36806,36809,36820,36823,36830 | 61156 |
Realgar (*) | None | AsS | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 712 |
Ríosecoite (*) | Not in a structural group | Ca2Mg(AsO3OH)3(H2O)2 | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 1 |
Rutile (*) | Rutile | TiO2 | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36819 | 5614 |
Salammoniac (*) | None | (NH4)Cl | 359 | 0 | 2 | 36809,36814 | 105 |
Sanrománite (*) | Burbankite | Na2CaPb3(CO3)5 | 174 | 100 | 1 | 36829 | 2 |
Santarosaite (*) | None | CuB2O4 | 174 | 100 | 1 | 36829 | 1 |
Scorodite (*) | None | Fe3+(AsO4)·2H2O | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 1153 |
Shilovite (*) | None | Cu(NH3)4(NO3)2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 1 |
Sideronatrite (*) | None | Na2Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)·3H2O | 174 | 145 | 2 | 36823,36828 | 73 |
Silver (*) | Copper | Ag | 145 | 100 | 2 | 36811,36824 | 5186 |
Sphalerite (*) | Sphalerite | ZnS | 174 | 100 | 2 | 36823,36824 | 21482 |
Stercorite (*) | None | (NH4)Na(PO3OH)·4H2O | 1 | 36814 | 6 | ||
Stibnite (*) | Stibnite | Sb2S3 | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 3418 |
Stromeyerite (*) | None | CuAgS | 1 | 36826 | 332 | ||
Sulphur (*) | Sulphur | S | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 2045 |
Talmessite (*) | Fairfieldite | Ca2Mg(AsO4)2·2H2O | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 46 |
Tamarugite (*) | Tamarugite | NaAl(SO4)2·6H2O | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 87 |
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) (*) | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13 | 174 | 100 | 2 | 36823,36824 | 5317 |
Thénardite (*) | None | Na2(SO4) | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 299 |
Thomsonite-Ca (*) | Thomsonite | NaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 452 |
Todorokite (*) | None | (Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 433 |
Torrecillasite (*) | Not in a structural group | Na(As,Sb)3+4O6Cl | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 1 |
Triazolite (*) | None | NaCu2(N3C2H2)2(NH3)2Cl3·4H2O | 359 | 0 | 1 | 36809 | 1 |
Trona (*) | None | Na3(HCO3)(CO3)·2H2O | 174 | 100 | 1 | 36829 | 129 |
Tyrolite (*) | Tyrolite | Ca2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O | 1 | 36828 | 245 | ||
Ulexite (*) | None | NaCaB5O6(OH)6·5H2O | 359 | 0 | 0 | 160 | |
Weddellite (*) | Oxalate | Ca(C2O4)·2H2O | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36819 | 32 |
Wendwilsonite (*) | Roselite | Ca2Mg(AsO4)2·2H2O | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36823 | 8 |
Whewellite (*) | Oxalate | Ca(C2O4)·H2O | 174 | 145 | 1 | 36819 | 66 |
Witzkeite (*) | Not in a structural group | Na4K4Ca(NO3)2(SO4)4·2H2O | 1 | 36817 | 1 | ||
Wollastonite (*) | Wollastonite | CaSiO3 | 1 | 36830 | 1247 | ||
Wulfenite (*) | Scheelite | PbMoO4 | 174 | 100 | 1 | 36829 | 1655 |
Age ID | Locality Notes |
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Michelle_500 | Silver bearing veins intrude fossiliferous limestone in the Coastal Cordillera of Iquique. Dioritic and andesitic dykes and sills form skarn, but the ore is primarily from the oxidized zone. Supergene and hypogene ore mineral assemblages have also been exploited. |
Michelle_539 | Silver bearing veins intrude fossiliferous limestone in the Coastal Cordillera of Iquique. Dioritic and andesitic dykes and sills form skarn, but the ore is primarily from the oxidized zone. Supergene and hypogene ore mineral assemblages have also been exploited. |
Michelle_726 | The mountain of Pabellón de Pica belongs to a belt of Late Paleozoic and Mesozoic igneous rocks stretching along the northern coast of Chile and bearing numerous bird guano deposits. |
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 | |
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Michelle_0019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Age of mineralization | Ammineite, Joanneumite, Chanabayaite, Antipinite, Shilovite, Mohnite | 192704 | Pabellón De Pica, Chanabaya, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile | Pabellon de Pica guano deposit | Bojar et al. (2010) | 10.3749/canmin.48.5.1359 | CM48_1359 | Degradation of chalcopyrite from host rock provides copper elements to form minerals with nitrogen and carbon rich guano | |||||||||
Michelle_726 | 359 | 66 | Late Paleozoic-Mesozoic | Age of igneous rocks | 192704 | Pabellón De Pica, Chanabaya, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile | Pabellón de Pica | Chukanov et al. (2015) | 10.1180/minmag.2015.079.5.07 | MM79_1111 | The mountain of Pabellón de Pica belongs to a belt of Late Paleozoic and Mesozoic igneous rocks stretching along the northern coast of Chile and bearing numerous bird guano deposits. | ||||||||||
MM77_3047-00001 | 174 | 145 | middle to late Jurassic | Leverettite | 190910 | Torrecillas Mine, Salar Grande, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile | Kampf et al. (2013) | 10.1180/minmag.2013.077.7.14 | MM77_3047 | ||||||||||||
Michelle_500 | 174 | 145 | Middle Jurassic, Late Jurassic | Age of host formation | 69589 | Santa Rosa Mine, Santa Rosa-Huantajaya District, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile | Santa Rosa Mine | Moreno and Gibbons (2007) | BOOK_TGC_2007 | Age of fossiliferous limestone formation that hosts the Santa Rosa deposit. | |||||||||||
Michelle_539 | 145 | 100 | Lower Cretaceous | Age of volcanic and intrusive rocks | Ag | 69589 | Santa Rosa Mine, Santa Rosa-Huantajaya District, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile | Santa Rosa Mine | Moreno and Gibbons (2007) | BOOK_TGC_2007 | Age of volcanic and intrusive rocks |
Sample | Source Locality | Reference URL |
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R120155 | Pabellón De Pica, Chanabaya, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile | https://rruff.info/R120155 |
R120085 | Haydee Mine, Salar Grande, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile | https://rruff.info/R120085 |
R160009 | Torrecillas Mine, Salar Grande, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile | https://rruff.info/R160009 |
R060884 | Santa Rosa Mine, Santa Rosa-Huantajaya District, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile | https://rruff.info/R060884 |
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