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Locality Name:
Pascua Lama Project, Alto Del Carmen, Huasco Province, Atacama, Chile


mindat Locality ID: 156898
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156898.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pascua Lama Project, Alto Del Carmen, Huasco Province, Atacama, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 29°19'23"S
Longitude: 70°1'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.323055555556,-70.023055555556
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 Ca Cl Cu F Fe H I K O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Te 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Ca Cl Cu F Fe H I K O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Te 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousArsenopyriteBaryteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayCopperCoquimbiteCorundum
CovelliteCristobaliteDiasporeEnargiteKaoliniteKieseriteMeloniteNonePyritePyrophyllite
QuartzRocksaltRutileStibniteSulphurTetrahedriteVoltaiteWurtzite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calaverite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Coquimbite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Dickite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Goldfieldite  (*)Hematite  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Svanbergite  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)
Voltaite  (*)Walthierite  (*)Woodhouseite  (*)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)60966
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe20361
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O0925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl01382
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O0136
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO20453
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)0481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)40651
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS40910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Goldfieldite  (*)Tetrahedrite(Cu4   2)Cu6Te4S13072
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI0180
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)20771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Svanbergite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)60105
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O0139
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O0111
Walthierite  (*)AluniteBa0.5Al3(SO4)2(OH)604
Woodhouseite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6062
Zunyite  (*)NoneAl13Si5O20(OH,F)18Cl086


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