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Locality Name:
Cerro Negro Mine, Cerro Negro District, El Salado, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile


mindat Locality ID: 108644
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-108644.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cerro Negro Mine, Cerro Negro District, El Salado, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 26°14'39"S
Longitude: 69°28'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.244166666667,-69.471666666667
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: As C Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AtacamiteBrochantiteChalcopyriteCorundumNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel
Tetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Dioptase  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Paratacamite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)30544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O0164
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)60158
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)40369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060007Cerro Negro Mine, Cerro Negro District, El Salado, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R060007
R050597Cerro Negro Mine, Cerro Negro District, El Salado, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R050597

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