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Locality Name:
Pampa Escondida Deposit (Carmen Propect), La Escondida Mine, Escondida, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1880
Youngest recorded age at locality: 34.49

mindat Locality ID: 310272
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-310272.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pampa Escondida Deposit (Carmen Propect), La Escondida Mine, Escondida, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, 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
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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Se Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Se Si Te Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDigeniteEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteGypsumKaoliniteMeloniteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteTitanite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calaverite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fischesserite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hessite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)188034.4908803
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5188034.4901310
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)188034.4901588
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41880188005516
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2188034.490361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)188034.49027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1880188005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218801880027198
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3188034.4901797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1880188004165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1880188001027
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1880188008173
Fischesserite  (*)NoneAg3AuSe2188034.49024
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2188034.4909617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18801880024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu188034.49030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O188034.4906890
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te188034.490804
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41880188005591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O418801880014899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21880188005800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2188034.49017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218801880039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2188034.49061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2188034.4905614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18801880021482
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe4188034.490337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13188034.4901803
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O188034.4904899


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-00097188018801880     YesAlunite, Anilite, Antlerite, Atacamite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Diaspore, Digenite, Djurleite, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Goethite, Hematite, Idaite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Sphalerite, Svanbergite, TurquoiseCu39272La Escondida Mine, Escondida, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, ChileEscondidaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-0009838.8934.4938.72±0.17 to 34.9±0.41     Yes Cu39272La Escondida Mine, Escondida, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, ChileLa EscondidaSinger et al. (2005) USGSOFR2005_1060 

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