Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Puquios District, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 188405
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188405.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Puquios District, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Carrera Pinto
Farellón Mine
Flor De Puquios Mine
Sofia 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.

Atacamite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Spangolite

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 Au C Cl Cu Fe H O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Atacamite Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Spangolite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Atacamite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Gold ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Spangolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	2	36331,36333	544
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	36332	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	36333,36334	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	36332,36334	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	36334	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	36334	2970
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	36333,36334	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	36331,36333	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	36333,36334	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	36333	61156
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O	1	36331	105

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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