Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
San Pablo Mine, Inca De Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile

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

mindat Locality ID: 32780
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32780.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Pablo Mine, Inca De Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, 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.

Adelite	Apatite	Baryte	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Fornacite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz
Scheelite	Tetrahedrite

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Duftite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdofornacite ()*	Powellite ()*	Quartz ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mo O P Pb S Sb Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Apatite Baryte Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Fornacite Malachite None Not in a structural group Quartz
Scheelite Tetrahedrite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	66	60	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	66	60	11547
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	66	60	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	66	60	27198
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	66	60	220
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	66	60	2740
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	66	60	12537
Molybdofornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(MoO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	66	60	17
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	66	60	494
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	66	60	61156
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	66	60	5317
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	66	60	1655

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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