Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
El Guanaco Mine, Guanaco (Huanaco), Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 7077
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7077.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "El Guanaco Mine, Guanaco (Huanaco), Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Guanaco Open-pit Mine (Dumbo Pit)
Soledad Mine

Latitude: 25°6'22"S
Longitude: 69°32'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.106111111111,-69.536111111111

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	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Chenevixite	Copper	Coronadite	Covellite	Enargite	Fairfieldite	Gilmarite	Gypsum	Malachite	Matlockite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Wurtzite

Alunite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Arhbarite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Beaverite-(Zn) ()*	Bismoclite ()*	Boleite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Ceruleite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chenevixite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Clinoatacamite ()*	Clinoclase ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Copper ()*
Cornubite ()*	Cornwallite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Cuprite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Gilmarite ()*	Gold ()*	Guanacoite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hollandite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*	Lammerite ()*	Lavendulan ()*
Lemanskiite ()*	Luetheite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mansfieldite ()*	Olivenite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schlossmacherite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talmessite ()*	Todorokite ()*

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 Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H I K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Akrochordite Allophane Alunite Andalusite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Chenevixite Copper Coronadite Covellite Enargite Fairfieldite Gilmarite Gypsum Malachite Matlockite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Wurtzite

48 IMA Minerals at location:

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	1	35635	966
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	0		246
Arhbarite ()*	Gilmarite	Cu₂Mg(AsO₄)(OH)₃	0		3
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	35635	11547
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Alunite	Pb(Fe³⁺₂Cu)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		132
Beaverite-(Zn) ()*	None	Pb(Fe³⁺₂Zn)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		4
Bismoclite ()*	Matlockite	BiOCl	0		71
Boleite ()*	None	KAg₉Pb₂₆Cu₂₄Cl₆₂(OH)₄₈	0		65
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	0		1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Ceruleite ()*	None	CuAl₄(AsO₄)₂(OH)₈(H₂O)₄	0		19
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Chenevixite ()*	Chenevixite	CuFe³⁺(AsO₄)(OH)₂	0		90
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	0		3531
Clinoatacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	0		43
Clinoclase ()*	None	Cu₃(AsO₄)(OH)₃	0		127
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	0		363
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	0		3846
Cornubite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	0		109
Cornwallite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	0		175
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	0		4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	35635	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	0		2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	0		910
Gilmarite ()*	Gilmarite	Cu²⁺₃(AsO₄)(OH)₃	0		8
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Guanacoite ()*	Akrochordite	Cu₂Mg₃(OH)₄(AsO₄)₂·4H₂O	0		3
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	35635	243
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	0		180
Lammerite ()*	None	Cu₃(AsO₄)₂	0		10
Lavendulan ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	0		149
Lemanskiite ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·3H₂O	0		7
Luetheite ()*	Chenevixite	CuAl(AsO₄)(OH)₂	0		5
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Mansfieldite ()*	None	Al(AsO₄)·2H₂O	0		42
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	0		492
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Schlossmacherite ()*	Alunite	(H₃O)Al₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		2
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	0		1153
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	0		5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Talmessite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Mg(AsO₄)₂·2H₂O	0		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
R130688	El Guanaco Mine, Guanaco (Huanaco), Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile	https://rruff.info/R130688

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