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Locality Name:
La Fortuna Prospect (El Morro Prospect), Alto Del Carmen, Huasco Province, Atacama, Chile

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

mindat Locality ID: 205857
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205857.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Fortuna Prospect (El Morro Prospect), Alto Del Carmen, Huasco Province, Atacama, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 28°38'"S
Longitude: 69°53'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.633333333333,-69.883333333333

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: Al As C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mo O P S Si 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteChalcopyriteClayCorundumCovelliteDiasporeKaoliniteMalachiteMica
MolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrophylliteSpinelTetrahedriteTurquoise

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Dickite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Turquoise  (*)Zunyite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)635320966
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)353201588
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4353205516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S353205707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23532027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O353203531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS353204165
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)35320481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)435320651
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)353207437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33532014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6353202228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4353205591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43532014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23532012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2353205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23532017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23532039462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)235320771
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13353201803
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O35320484
Zunyite  (*)NoneAl13Si5O20(OH,F)18Cl3532086



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
PorphCu-00294353235–32      Alunite, Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Diaspore, Dickite, Goethite, Hematite, Jarosite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Turquoise, ZunyiteCu205857La Fortuna Prospect (El Morro Prospect), Alto Del Carmen, Huasco Province, Atacama, ChileLa FortunaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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