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Locality Name:
Cerro Colorado Mine, Pozo Almonte, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 52.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 51.2

mindat Locality ID: 108197
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-108197.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cerro Colorado Mine, Pozo Almonte, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 20°2'40"S
Longitude: 69°15'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.044444444444,-69.259444444444

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Andalusite	Atacamite	Brochantite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Covellite	Diaspore
Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite
Turquoise

Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Atacamite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcosiderite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natroalunite ()*
Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Turquoise ()*

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 Cl Cu Fe H K Mo Na O P S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Andalusite Atacamite Brochantite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Covellite Diaspore
Feldspar Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Spinel Tetrahedrite
Turquoise

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	52.4	51.2	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	52.4	51.2	966
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	52.4	51.2	1310
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	52.4	51.2	246
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	52.4	51.2	544
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	52.4	51.2	1633
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	52.4	51.2	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	52.4	51.2	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	52.4	51.2	27198
Chalcosiderite ()*	Turquoise	CuFe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	52.4	51.2	77
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	52.4	51.2	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	52.4	51.2	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	52.4	51.2	2970
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	52.4	51.2	481
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	52.4	51.2	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	52.4	51.2	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	52.4	51.2	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	52.4	51.2	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	52.4	51.2	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	52.4	51.2	128
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	52.4	51.2	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	52.4	51.2	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	52.4	51.2	771
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	52.4	51.2	1803
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	52.4	51.2	484

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00138	52.4	51.2	51.8±0.6									Albite, Alunite, Antlerite, Atacamite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Jarosite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Turquoise	Cu	108197	Cerro Colorado Mine, Pozo Almonte, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile	Cerro Colorado	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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