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Locality Name:
Ministro Hales Mine (Mina Ministro Hales; MMH; Mansa Mina Cu-Au Deposit), Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 35
Youngest recorded age at locality: 32

mindat Locality ID: 205944
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205944.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ministro Hales Mine (Mina Ministro Hales; MMH; Mansa Mina Cu-Au Deposit), Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 22°22'46"S
Longitude: 68°54'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.379444444444,-68.914444444444

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Atacamite	Chalcopyrite	Chenevixite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite
Enargite	Epidote	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Alunite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chenevixite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Enargite ()*
Epidote ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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 As Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Atacamite Chalcopyrite Chenevixite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite Digenite
Enargite Epidote Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Pyrophyllite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	35	32	966
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	35	32	544
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	35	32	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	35	32	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	35	32	27198
Chenevixite ()*	Chenevixite	CuFe³⁺(AsO₄)(OH)₂	35	32	90
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	35	32	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	35	32	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	35	32	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	35	32	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	35	32	8173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	35	32	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	35	32	2228
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	35	32	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	35	32	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	35	32	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	35	32	771
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	35	32	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	35	32	1803

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-00318	35	32	35–32									Alunite, Atacamite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chenevixite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Digenite, Enargite, Epidote, Jarosite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Sphalerite	Cu	205944	Ministro Hales Mine (Mina Ministro Hales; MMH; Mansa Mina Cu-Au Deposit), Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile	Mansa Mina	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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