Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Los Bronces Mine (Rio Blanco-Los Bronces Deposit), Santiago Province, Santiago, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 5.597
Youngest recorded age at locality: 4.31

mindat Locality ID: 8886
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8886.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Los Bronces Mine (Rio Blanco-Los Bronces Deposit), Santiago Province, Santiago, Chile": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Donoso Breccia Pipe

Latitude: 33°8'20"S
Longitude: 70°16'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.138888888889,-70.277777777778

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Epidote	Gypsum	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite
Tourmaline	Valleriite	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dravite ()*	Enargite ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Valleriite ()*

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: Al As B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Covellite Diaspore Digenite Enargite Epidote Gypsum Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Tetrahedrite Titanite
Tourmaline Valleriite Wurtzite

35 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	5.597	4.31	0		3419
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	5.597	4.31	0		966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	5.597	4.31	1	36728	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	5.597	4.31	0		9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	5.597	4.31	0		11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5.597	4.31	1	36728	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5.597	4.31	0		27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5.597	4.31	1	36728	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5.597	4.31	1	36728	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	5.597	4.31	0		3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	5.597	4.31	1	36728	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	5.597	4.31	0		2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	5.597	4.31	0		1027
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	5.597	4.31	0		648
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	5.597	4.31	0		910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	5.597	4.31	0		8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	5.597	4.31	0		345
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5.597	4.31	0		24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	5.597	4.31	0		7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	5.597	4.31	1	36728	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5.597	4.31	1	36728	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	5.597	4.31	0		2228
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	5.597	4.31	0		198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5.597	4.31	0		14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5.597	4.31	1	36728	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5.597	4.31	1	36728	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5.597	4.31	1	36728	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	5.597	4.31	0		771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5.597	4.31	1	36728	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5.597	4.31	0		5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5.597	4.31	0		21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	5.597	4.31	0		1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	5.597	4.31	0		1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	5.597	4.31	0		4899
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	5.597	4.31	0		237

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	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
	PorphCu-00034	5.597	4.31	5.32±0.277 to 4.37±0.06									Actinolite, Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Jarosite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	8886	Los Bronces Mine (Rio Blanco-Los Bronces Deposit), Santiago Province, Santiago, Chile	Los Bronces/Rio Blanco	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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