Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yerbas Buenas, Cerro Blanco District, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 4.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 4.6

mindat Locality ID: 278299
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278299.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yerbas Buenas, Cerro Blanco District, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
La Rosilla 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.

Acanthite	Calcite	Copper	None	Rocksalt

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 As C Ca Cl O S Sb

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Calcite Copper None Rocksalt

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Silver ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	4.6	4.6	1	36121	2793
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4.6	4.6	1	36121	27770
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	4.6	4.6	1	36121	1382
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	4.6	4.6	1	36121	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	4.6	4.6	1	36121	1425
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	4.6	4.6	1	36121	5186

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-00152	4.6	4.6	4.6							Yes			Cu	131765	Cerro Blanco District, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile	Cerro Blanco	Singer et al. (2005)		USGSOFR2005_1060

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