Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Minillas Mine, Tambillos Mining District, La Serena, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 668
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-668.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Minillas Mine, Tambillos Mining District, La Serena, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Apatite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Copper	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite	Spinel
Titanite	Vivianite

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: As Au C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Mn O P S Si Ti W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Au C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Mn O P S Si Ti W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Calcite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Copper None Pyrite Quartz Scheelite Spinel
Titanite Vivianite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cuprotungstite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Scheelite ()*	Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	966
Cuprotungstite ()*	None	Cu²⁺₃(WO₄)₂(OH)₂	67
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	814
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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