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Locality Name:
Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 201
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 690
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-690.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Barranca Blanca Meteorite
Cerro Carrizalillo
Las Pintadas District
Ojancos Nuevo District
Pampa Larga District
Punta Gorda District

Latitude: 27°45'28"S
Longitude: 69°56'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.757777777778,-69.949722222222
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 Ba Bi Br C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Hg I K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ca Cu Fe H Na O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAluniteAmarantiteAmorphousAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragonite
ArsenicArseniosideriteArsenolampriteArsenoliteArsenopyriteArthuriteAtacamiteAutuniteBaryteBetpakdalite
BrochantiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChenevixiteClayClinozoisiteConnelliteCopiapiteCopper
CoquimbiteCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDomeykiteEpidoteFairfielditeFeldsparFluorite
GypsumHalotrichiteHureauliteKaoliniteKoritnigiteKtenasiteLöllingiteLinariteMalachiteMatlockite
MelanteriteMicaMixiteNatrochalciteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentPerovskitePharmacosiderite
PlancheitePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRoseliteRutileRömeriteScapolite
ScheeliteSkutteruditeSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteSulphurSymplesiteTamarugiteTetrahedrite
TitaniteTyroliteVivianite

167 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Adamite  (*)Alacránite  (*)Albite  (*)
Amarantite  (*)Amarillite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenic  (*)
Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenolamprite  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Asbolane  (*)
Atacamite  (*)Austinite  (*)Azurite  (*)Babánekite  (*)Barahonaite-(Al)  (*)
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bendadaite  (*)Betpakdalite-CaCa  (*)Bindheimite  (*)
Bismoclite  (*)Bonazziite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brandtite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Ceruleite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chenevixite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Claudetite  (*)Clinoclase  (*)
Conichalcite  (*)Connellite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)Coquimbite  (*)
Cornwallite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dimorphite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dioptase  (*)Dolomite  (*)Domeykite  (*)Duftite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)Farringtonite  (*)Ferrinatrite  (*)Ferrisymplesite  (*)
Fibroferrite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gartrellite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Goudeyite  (*)Greigite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Halloysite-10Å  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Joteite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Karibibite  (*)Koritnigite  (*)Köttigite  (*)
Krautite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Libethenite  (*)Linarite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Lotharmeyerite  (*)Ludlockite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)
Manganlotharmeyerite  (*)Manganohörnesite  (*)Manjiroite  (*)Mansfieldite  (*)Marialite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Metastibnite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)Microcline  (*)Miguelromeroite  (*)
Mixite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Olivenite  (*)
Opal  (*)Orpiment  (*)Parabutlerite  (*)Paracoquimbite  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)
Paratacamite  (*)Parnauite  (*)Perroudite  (*)Pharmacoalumite  (*)Pharmacolite  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Philipsbornite  (*)Phosphohedyphane  (*)Picropharmacolite  (*)Plancheite  (*)
Powellite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Quenstedtite  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)
Realgar  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Römerite  (*)Roselite  (*)
Rruffite  (*)Rutile  (*)Safflorite  (*)Sampleite  (*)Schneiderhöhnite  (*)
Schulenbergite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)
Smithite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spherocobaltite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Stringhamite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Symplesite  (*)Talmessite  (*)Tamarugite  (*)
Tapiaite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Todorokite  (*)
Tyrolite  (*)Veenite  (*)Weilite  (*)Wendwilsonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Zeunerite  (*)Zincolivenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S336365,36368,363732793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21363733419
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)136373254
Alacránite  (*)Not in a structural groupAs8S913636518
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)236365,363688803
Amarantite  (*)AmarantiteFe3+2O(SO4)2·7H2O201100022
Amarillite  (*)TamarugiteNaFe3+(SO4)2·6H2O20110006
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1363651588
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1363733250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs636363,36365,36368,36370,36371,36373379
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O236368,36373194
Arsenolamprite  (*)ArsenolampriteAs236363,3636519
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3436363,36365,36368,36371231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS236365,363739052
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O136373143
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3201100636356,36359,36365,36368,36369,36373544
Austinite  (*)AdeliteCaZn(AsO4)(OH)13637371
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21363735509
Babánekite  (*)VivianiteCu3(AsO4)2·8H2O1363739
Barahonaite-(Al)  (*)None(Ca,Cu,Na,Fe3+,Al)12Al2(AsO4)8(OH,Cl)x·nH2O236368,363715
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O136373150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)936365,36366,36368,36370,36371,36372,36373,36375,3637611547
Bendadaite  (*)ArthuriteFe2+Fe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O13637310
Betpakdalite-CaCa  (*)Betpakdalite[Ca2(H2O)17Ca(H2O)6][Mo6+8As5+2Fe3+3O36(OH)]13636715
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7136373450
Bismoclite  (*)MatlockiteBiOCl13636571
Bonazziite  (*)NoneAs4S41363655
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41363625516
Brandtite  (*)RoseliteCa2Mn2+(AsO4)2·2H2O13637318
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6201100536352,36356,36368,36371,363751633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)201100836354,36356,36358,36365,36368,36369,36373,3637627770
Ceruleite  (*)NoneCuAl4(AsO4)2(OH)8(H2O)413636819
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O336361,36362,36368925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2201100636354,36356,36358,36362,36368,3637327198
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)213637390
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl236368,363731382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O201100736356,36361,36365,36368,36369,36372,363733531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS436365,36373,36375,363762600
Claudetite  (*)NoneAs2O313636835
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)32011000127
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)436368,36370,36371,36373363
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O336366,36373,36375295
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O2011000382
Copper  (*)CopperCu201100336356,36368,363733846
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O2011000136
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4136370175
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1363734165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16236368,36373599
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O236368,363732970
Dimorphite  (*)NoneAs4S31363655
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61363734135
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O201100136356164
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2201100236356,363739895
Domeykite  (*)DomeykiteCu3As13636873
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)236371,36373220
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)201100236356,363698173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O236371,36373814
Farringtonite  (*)NoneMg3(PO4)21363517
Ferrinatrite  (*)NoneNa3Fe3+(SO4)3·3H2O201100025
Ferrisymplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe3+3(AsO4)2(OH)3·5H2O13637321
Fibroferrite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O2011000107
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F201100236356,363732740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21363659617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS336365,36368,3637324243
Gartrellite  (*)NonePbCuFe3+(AsO4)2(OH)·H2O13636841
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)201100336356,36369,363737437
Gold  (*)CopperAu201100236356,3636930554
Goudeyite  (*)MixiteCu6Al(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O236368,3637019
Greigite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2S413636562
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O201100436356,36365,36368,363736890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O2011000409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3201100836354,36356,36358,36362,36365,36368,36369,3637314640
Halloysite-10Å  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O13636562
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31363735433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62011001363562228
Joteite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa2CuAl(AsO4)[AsO3(OH)]2(OH)2·5H2O1363681
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4201100236356,363655591
Karibibite  (*)NoneFe3+3(As3+O2)4(As3+2O5)(OH)236368,3637319
Koritnigite  (*)KoritnigiteZn(AsO3OH)·H2O1363688
Köttigite  (*)VivianiteZn3(AsO4)2·8H2O13637360
Krautite  (*)KoritnigiteMn(AsO3OH)·H2O236368,363737
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O436365,36368,36371,36373149
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)201100136356234
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2136352987
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2236365,36373762
Lotharmeyerite  (*)NatrochalciteCaZn2(AsO4)2·2H2O1363684
Ludlockite  (*)NonePbFe3+4As3+10O22236368,3637315
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4201100436354,36356,36358,3636214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2336362,36369,3637312537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)136373770
Manganlotharmeyerite  (*)NatrochalciteCaMn3+2(AsO4)2(OH)21363683
Manganohörnesite  (*)VivianiteMn2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O1363739
Manjiroite  (*)CoronaditeNa(Mn4+7Mn3+)O1613636822
Mansfieldite  (*)NoneAl(AsO4)·2H2O236368,3637142
Marialite  (*)ScapoliteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl236365,36373139
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O2011000915
Metastibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S313636587
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O336367,36368,36371182
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1363684924
Miguelromeroite  (*)HureauliteMn5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2(H2O)4236368,363735
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O136371168
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O2011001363561508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213637317380
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6136373254
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)336368,36370,36373492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O201100336356,36368,363732994
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3136365511
Parabutlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·2H2O201100023
Paracoquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteFe3+4(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O201100030
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O236368,36373124
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)6201100336356,36365,36373158
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O136373105
Perroudite  (*)NoneAg4Hg5S5(I,Br)2Cl213636623
Pharmacoalumite  (*)PharmacosideriteKAl4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6.5H2O236368,3637117
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O136365105
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O336365,36368,36373428
Philipsbornite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)613637151
Phosphohedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(PO4)3Cl13637171
Picropharmacolite  (*)NoneCa4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·11H2O236365,3637399
Plancheite  (*)PlancheiteCu8(Si4O11)2(OH)4·H2O20110013635674
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)136373494
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3136368733
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4201100136356369
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3236372,363731425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2201100836354,36356,36358,36362,36365,36368,36371,3637339462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21363733106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81363739056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22011001236354,36356,36358,36363,36365,36368,36369,36370,36371,36373,36375,3637661156
Quenstedtite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+2(SO4)3·11H2O201100017
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2136365233
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS236363,36365712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1363731711
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10136373312
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O2011000115
Roselite  (*)RoseliteCa2Co(AsO4)2·2H2O13637323
Rruffite  (*)RoseliteCa2Cu(AsO4)2·2H2O236368,363714
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2336365,36368,363735614
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2136373317
Sampleite  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(PO4)4Cl·5H2O201100236356,3635740
Schneiderhöhnite  (*)NoneFe2+Fe3+3As3+5O13236368,3637315
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O136373142
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O336365,36368,363731153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)236368,363736417
Silver  (*)CopperAg536368,36369,36370,36371,363735186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3136373531
Smithite  (*)NoneAgAsS213636511
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1363732473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS236365,3637321482
Spherocobaltite  (*)NoneCo(CO3)13637352
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3336365,36368,363713418
Stringhamite  (*)NoneCaCu(SiO4)·H2O20110008
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS236365,363682045
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O13637392
Talmessite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(AsO4)2·2H2O236371,3637346
Tamarugite  (*)TamarugiteNaAl(SO4)2·6H2O201100087
Tapiaite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa5Al2(AsO4)4(OH)4·12H2O1363681
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13236365,363681803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131363735317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1363734899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O136373433
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O136373245
Veenite  (*)NonePb2(Sb,As)2S51363659
Weilite  (*)NoneCa(AsO3OH)13636519
Wendwilsonite  (*)RoseliteCa2Mg(AsO4)2·2H2O1363738
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41363711655
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O136365185
Zincolivenite  (*)AndalusiteCuZn(AsO4)(OH)236368,3637360


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
vms-00384201100Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous        648La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Las Pintadas District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, ChileFarola mineMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050098La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Las Pintadas District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R050098
R090072Engaño Feliz Mine, Las Pintadas District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R090072
R060951Pampa Larga District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R060951
R120103Alacrán Mine, Alacrán, Pampa Larga District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R120103
R070649Jote Mine, Pampa Larga District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R070649
R141211Jote Mine, Pampa Larga District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R141211
R150032Jote Mine, Pampa Larga District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R150032
R070430Maria Catalina Mine, Pampa Larga District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R070430
R070431Maria Catalina Mine, Pampa Larga District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R070431
R070064Veta Negra Mine, Pampa Larga District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R070064

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