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Locality Name:
Choapa Province, Coquimbo, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 10.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 9

mindat Locality ID: 122179
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122179.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Choapa Province, Coquimbo, Chile": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Combarbalá
Illapel
Las Vacas District
Salamanca

Latitude: 31°36'24"S
Longitude: 70°46'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.606666666667,-70.769166666667

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	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite
Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Epidote
Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Philipsburgite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

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 Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Alunite Andalusite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite Calcite
Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Descloizite Diaspore Epidote
Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Philipsburgite
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

57 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bayldonite ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bornite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clinoclase ()*	Copper ()*
Cornetite ()*	Cornwallite ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Cuprotungstite ()*	Duftite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Libethenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Mottramite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Parnauite ()*	Philipsburgite ()*
Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Segnitite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Vésigniéite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	10	9	1	36511	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	10	9	1	36511	1310
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	10.6	9	1	36511	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	10.6	10.52	3	36500,36507,36510	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃			1	36508	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	10	9	4	36498,36502,36506,36511	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			4	36496,36498,36500,36507	11547
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂			1	36498	172
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	36498	413
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	10	9	1	36511	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	10	9	2	36498,36511	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	10	9	3	36502,36508,36511	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	36498	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	10	9	1	36511	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	10	9	2	36506,36511	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	10.6	9	6	36496,36500,36507,36508,36510,36511	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	10	9	4	36496,36499,36508,36511	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			2	36498,36506	2600
Clinoclase ()*	None	Cu₃(AsO₄)(OH)₃			1	36498	127
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	10	9	1	36511	3846
Cornetite ()*	None	Cu₃(PO₄)(OH)₃			1	36502	26
Cornwallite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄			1	36498	175
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	10	9	1	36511	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	10	9	1	36511	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	10	9	1	36511	2970
Cuprotungstite ()*	None	Cu²⁺₃(WO₄)₂(OH)₂	10.6	10.52	1	36510	67
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)			1	36498	220
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	10	9	1	36511	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	10.6	9	4	36500,36507,36510,36511	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	10	9	2	36498,36511	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			3	36500,36507,36508	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	10.6	9	1	36511	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	10	9	4	36500,36507,36508,36511	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	10	9	1	36511	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	10	9	1	36511	5591
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)			1	36498	234
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	10	9	2	36508,36511	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	10	9	7	36498,36499,36502,36504,36506,36508,36511	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	10.6	10.52	1	36511	5800
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)			1	36504	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	10.6	9	2	36508,36511	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	10.6	9	1	36509	128
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	10.6	9	6	36496,36500,36507,36508,36510,36511	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	10	9	1	36511	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			4	36500,36506,36507,36508	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	10	9	1	36511	5614
Segnitite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆			1	36498	134
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	36502	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	10	9	3	36500,36507,36511	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	36498	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	10	9	1	36511	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			2	36500,36507	5317
Vésigniéite ()*	None	Cu₃Ba(VO₄)₂(OH)₂			1	36499	46

2 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
	Mo-00306	10.6	10.52	10.56±0.04	Re-Os			molybdenite				Molybdenite	Molybdenite	Mo	122228	Los Pelambres Mine, Salamanca, Choapa Province, Coquimbo, Chile	Los Pelambres	Hannah et al. (2007)	10.1130/G23538A.1	G35_703
	PorphCu-00140	10	9	10–9									Albite, Andalusite, Bornite, Brochantite, Calcite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Corundum, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Galena, Goethite, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Sphalerite, Tenorite	Cu	122228	Los Pelambres Mine, Salamanca, Choapa Province, Coquimbo, Chile	Los Pelambres - El Pachon, AGTN	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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