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Locality Name:
Potrerillos Mine, Potrerillos, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 39
Youngest recorded age at locality: 34

mindat Locality ID: 27221
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27221.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Potrerillos Mine, Potrerillos, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 26°29'53"S
Longitude: 69°23'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.498055555556,-69.399166666667

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	Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Arthurite	Brochantite	Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stibnite	Wollastonite

Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antimony ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Arthurite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*	Diopside ()*
Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Rutile ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
Woodhouseite ()*	Zoisite ()*	Zunyite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Arthurite Brochantite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel
Stibnite Wollastonite

43 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	39	34	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	39	34	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	39	34	3092
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	39	34	363
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	39	34	9052
Arthurite ()*	Arthurite	CuFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂·4H₂O	39	34	35
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	39	34	5509
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	39	34	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	39	34	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	39	34	1633
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	39	34	5707
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	39	34	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	39	34	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	39	34	3531
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	39	34	1025
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	39	34	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	39	34	2970
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	39	34	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	39	34	651
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	39	34	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	39	34	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	39	34	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	39	34	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	39	34	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	39	34	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	39	34	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	39	34	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	39	34	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	39	34	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	39	34	12537
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	39	34	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	39	34	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39	34	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	39	34	771
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	39	34	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	39	34	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	39	34	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	39	34	3418
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	39	34	2562
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	39	34	1247
Woodhouseite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	39	34	62
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	39	34	1025
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	39	34	86

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-00079	39	34	39–34									Alunite, Ankerite, Antimony, Arsenopyrite, Bismuth, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Diaspore, Galena, Gold, Jarosite, Magnetite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Rutile, Silver, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Woodhouseite, Zunyite	Cu	27221	Potrerillos Mine, Potrerillos, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile	Potrerillos	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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