Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Combarbalá, Choapa Province, Coquimbo, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 65216
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-65216.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Combarbalá, Choapa Province, Coquimbo, Chile": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Cogotí
El Espino District
La Isla De Cogotí
Rincón De Las Chilcas District

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Andalusite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Copper	Corundum	Descloizite	Diaspore	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Philipsburgite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bayldonite ()*	Beudantite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Clinoclase ()*	Cornetite ()*	Cornwallite ()*	Duftite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Libethenite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Parnauite ()*	Philipsburgite ()*
Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Segnitite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Vésigniéite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg O P Pb S Sb Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Alunite Andalusite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Copper Corundum Descloizite Diaspore Malachite None Not in a structural group Philipsburgite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	36500	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	36498,36502	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	36498,36500	11547
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	1	36498	172
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	36498	413
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	36498	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	36502	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	36498	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	36500	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	36499	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	36498	2600
Clinoclase ()*	None	Cu₃(AsO₄)(OH)₃	1	36498	127
Cornetite ()*	None	Cu₃(PO₄)(OH)₃	1	36502	26
Cornwallite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	36498	175
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	36498	220
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	36500	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	36498	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	36500	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	36500	14640
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	1	36498	234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	36498,36499,36502,36504	12537
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	36504	362
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	36498	492
Parnauite ()*	None	Cu₉(AsO₄)₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·7H₂O	1	36498	105
Philipsburgite ()*	Philipsburgite	Cu₅Zn(AsO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	1	36498	31
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	2	36498,36502	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	36500	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	36500	61156
Segnitite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	36498	134
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	36502	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	36500	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	36498	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	36500	5317
Vésigniéite ()*	None	Cu₃Ba(VO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	36499	46

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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