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Locality Name:
Challacollo, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile


mindat Locality ID: 55472
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55472.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Challacollo, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Buena Esperanza Mine
Lolon Mine (Challacollo Mine)
Walkiria Mine

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H I K Mg Mo N Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag C Cl Cu F H K O Pb S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteApatiteAragoniteAtacamiteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteClayClinozoisite
CorundumEpidoteFluoriteMatlockiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakiteQuartzRocksalt
ScheeliteSerpentine

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Arzrunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Boleite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Caledonite  (*)Caracolite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Challacolloite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Cotunnite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Fraipontite  (*)Glauberite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Herbertsmithite  (*)Lanarkite  (*)Matlockite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nitratine  (*)Olivenite  (*)Paratacamite  (*)
Pseudoboleite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schwartzembergite  (*)Seeligerite  (*)Uklonskovite  (*)
Willemite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1367392734
Arzrunite  (*)NonePb2Cu4(SO4)(OH)4Cl6·2H2O1367382
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)13673911547
Boleite  (*)NoneKAg9Pb26Cu24Cl62(OH)48065
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)60359
Caracolite  (*)ApatiteNa2(Pb2Na)(SO4)3Cl236738,3673920
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1367394979
Challacolloite  (*)NoneKPb2Cl51367397
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl1367391382
Cotunnite  (*)NonePbCl213673954
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1367388173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21367399617
Fraipontite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)413673949
Glauberite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(SO4)2136739137
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313673914640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1367391689
Herbertsmithite  (*)AtacamiteCu3Zn(OH)6Cl213673921
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)13673897
Matlockite  (*)MatlockitePbClF029
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1367391107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213673817380
Nitratine  (*)CalciteNa(NO3)13673991
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)136739492
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)6136739158
Pseudoboleite  (*)NonePb31Cu24Cl62(OH)4813673933
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213673961156
Schwartzembergite  (*)NonePb2+5H2I3+O6Cl313673921
Seeligerite  (*)NonePb3(IO4)Cl313673912
Uklonskovite  (*)NoneNaMg(SO4)F·2H2O1367397
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4136739303
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41367391655



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