Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Inca De Oro, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 188450
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188450.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Inca De Oro, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Adelila Mine
La Cotita Mine

Latitude: 26°45'"S
Longitude: 69°53'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.75,-69.899722222222

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	Apophyllite	Calcite	Diaspore	Garnet	None	Scheelite

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 C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mo O Pb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Fe O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Apophyllite Calcite Diaspore Garnet None Scheelite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Andradite ()*	Calcite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Goethite ()*	Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*
Mimetite ()*	Nekoite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1534
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	36243	27770
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	1	36243	303
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	36242	7437
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀(OH,F)·8H₂O	1	36243	85
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	36242	1107
Nekoite ()*	None	Ca₃Si₆O₁₅·7H₂O	1	36243	8
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	36242	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070475	La Cotita Mine, Inca De Oro, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile	https://rruff.info/R070475

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