Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Manto Cuba Mine, San Pedro De Cachiyuyo District, Inca De Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 60

mindat Locality ID: 27975
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27975.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Manto Cuba Mine, San Pedro De Cachiyuyo District, Inca De Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 26°45'"S
Longitude: 69°54'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.75,-69.9

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.

Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Chenevixite	Copper	Malachite	Medenbachite	None
Not in a structural group	Quartz	Scheelite	Sphalerite

Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*	Chenevixite ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Libethenite ()*
Ludjibaite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marshite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

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 Al As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H I Mg Mo O P S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H I Mg Mo O P S Sb Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Chenevixite Copper Malachite Medenbachite None
Not in a structural group Quartz Scheelite Sphalerite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	66	60	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	66	60	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	66	60	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	66	60	1633
Chenevixite ()*	Chenevixite	CuFe³⁺(AsO₄)(OH)₂	66	60	90
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	66	60	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	66	60	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	66	60	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	66	60	2740
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	66	60	234
Ludjibaite ()*	Medenbachite	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	66	60	12
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	66	60	12537
Marshite ()*	Sphalerite	CuI	66	60	12
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	66	60	494
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	66	60	369
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	66	60	1425
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	66	60	61156

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-00003	66	60	66–60							Yes		Alunite, Arsenopyrite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite, Dioptase, Enargite, Gold, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Molybdenite, Powellite, Pyrite	Cu	227986	Cerro La Campana Prospect, Inca De Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile	Inca de Oro	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

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