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Locality Name:
Jardinera No. 1 Mine, Inca De Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile

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

mindat Locality ID: 7430
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7430.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jardinera No. 1 Mine, Inca De Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 26°44'31"S
Longitude: 69°51'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.741944444444,-69.855833333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ca Ce Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Ce Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumFluoriteMalachiteMolybdenite
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSpinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Dioptase  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Lindgrenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Szenicsite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4606005516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6606001633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)6060027770
Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)FluoriteCeO26060094
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS26060027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O606003531
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O60600164
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS6060024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu6060030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O36060014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6606002228
Lindgrenite  (*)NoneCu3(Mo6+O4)2(OH)26060021
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O46060014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)26060012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2606005800
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)60600494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26060039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26060061156
Szenicsite  (*)NoneCu3(MoO4)(OH)4606002


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
PorphCu-00003666066–60     YesAlunite, Arsenopyrite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite, Dioptase, Enargite, Gold, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Molybdenite, Powellite, PyriteCu227986Cerro La Campana Prospect, Inca De Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, ChileInca de OroSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
sedcu-003346060Paleocene       Cu7430Jardinera No. 1 Mine, Inca De Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, ChileJardinCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050146Jardinera No. 1 Mine, Inca De Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R050146

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