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Locality Name:
Sacramento Mine, Chinchado-Sacramento District, Pabellón, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 130
Youngest recorded age at locality: 112

mindat Locality ID: 188225
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188225.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sacramento Mine, Chinchado-Sacramento District, Pabellón, Copiapó 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

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteMalachiteNonePyriteRoseliteSphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Brandtite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Malachite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Realgar  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs1301120379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS13011209052
Brandtite  (*)RoseliteCa2Mn2+(AsO4)2·2H2O130112018
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)130112027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2130112027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O13011203531
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2130112012537
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS31301120733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2130112039462
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS1301120712
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS130112021482



1 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
Hg-00121130112 Ar-Ar, K-Ar    YesCinnabar, Eugenite, Kolymite, LuanheiteHg188244Pabellón, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile Marschik and Fontboté (2001); Kojima et al. (2007)   


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