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Locality Name:
Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 298
Youngest recorded age at locality: 34.49

mindat Locality ID: 122190
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122190.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile": 262
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 217

Number of Child Localities: 27
Child Localities:
Antofagasta
Augusta Victoria
Baquedano
Cachinal
Canchas
Cerro Palestina
Cobija Punta Tames District
Cuevitas
El Médano 200 Meteorite (EM 200)
Esperanza District
Estación La Negra
Faride Mine
Filomena District
La Negra-Coquimbana District
Lomas Bayas Mine
Mantos Blancos Mine
Marimaca Project
Mejillones
Michilla District
Miraflores
North Chile Meteorite
Reventon District
Salar De Atacama
Santa Catalina
Sierra Gorda District
Taltal
Veinte Cinco Vein

Latitude: 23°42'40"S
Longitude: 69°44'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.711111111111,-69.744444444444
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 Au B Ba Be Bi Br C Ca Cd Cl Cr Cu F Fe H I K Mg Mn Mo N Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Sr Te Ti V Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAkrochorditeAllophaneAluniteAmarantiteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeAndalusite
ApatiteAphthitaliteAragoniteArseniosideriteArsenoliteArsenopyriteArthuriteAtacamiteAubertiteBaddeleyite
BarringeriteBaryteBetpakdaliteBlöditeBotryogenBrauniteBrochantiteCalciteCeriteChalcanthite
ChalcopyriteChenevixiteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopiapiteCopperCoquimbiteCoronaditeCorundum
CovelliteDescloiziteDiasporeDigeniteDomeykiteDufréniteEnargiteEpidoteFairfielditeFeldspar
GarnetGilmariteGypsumHalotrichiteHeulanditeHilgarditeIraniteIronKaoliniteKieserite
KtenasiteLepidocrociteLeucophosphiteLinariteMalachiteMatlockiteMelanteriteMetavoltineMicaMinium
MolybdeniteMonaziteNatrochalciteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupNowackiiteOlivinePentlanditePerovskite
PharmacosideritePhenakitePolybasitePyritePyrochlorePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRhabdophaneRocksalt
RoseliteRutileRömeriteScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStarkeyiteSulphurSyngenite
TalcTamarugiteTaranakiteTetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineTridymiteTurquoiseVivianiteVoltaite
WarditeWurtziteZircon

282 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Aguilarite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)
Aluminocopiapite  (*)Alunite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Amarantite  (*)Amarillite  (*)
Analcime  (*)Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)
Anilite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Antofagastaite  (*)
Aphthitalite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Ardealite  (*)Arhbarite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Arthurite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Aubertite  (*)Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baddeleyite  (*)Baileychlore  (*)Bakhchisaraitsevite  (*)Bandylite  (*)Barringerite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Barytocalcite  (*)Bassanite  (*)Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)Beaverite-(Zn)  (*)
Belloite  (*)Betpakdalite-NaCa  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Birnessite  (*)
Bismoclite  (*)Blödite  (*)Bobierrite  (*)Boleite  (*)Bonattite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Botryogen  (*)Braunite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)
Brüggenite  (*)Brushite  (*)Butlerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caracolite  (*)
Carlsbergite  (*)Cattiite  (*)Ceruleite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cesanite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Challacolloite  (*)
Changoite  (*)Chenevixite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Christelite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Clinoatacamite  (*)Clinoclase  (*)Clinoptilolite-K  (*)Clinoptilolite-Na  (*)
Conichalcite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)Coquimbite  (*)Cornubite  (*)
Cornwallite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Cotunnite  (*)Covellite  (*)Crocoite  (*)
Cryptomelane  (*)Cumengeite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cuprocopiapite  (*)Cyrilovite  (*)
Darapskite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Destinezite  (*)Diaboleite  (*)Dietzeite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Dioptase  (*)Dittmarite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Domeykite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erazoite  (*)Eriochalcite  (*)
Euchroite  (*)Ferrinatrite  (*)Feruvite  (*)Fibroferrite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Franklinite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Fuenzalidaite  (*)Galena  (*)Geffroyite  (*)
George-ericksenite  (*)Gilmarite  (*)Girvasite  (*)Glauberite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Gordaite  (*)Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Guanacoite  (*)
Gunningite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hausmannite  (*)
Hawleyite  (*)Hedegaardite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Herbertsmithite  (*)
Hessite  (*)Hetaerolite  (*)Hidalgoite  (*)Hohmannite  (*)Hollandite  (*)
Humberstonite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)Iranite  (*)Iron  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kieserite  (*)Kröhnkite  (*)
Lammerite  (*)Lautarite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Lemanskiite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Lesukite  (*)Leucostaurite  (*)Linarite  (*)Lindgrenite  (*)Luetheite  (*)
Lüneburgite  (*)Maghemite  (*)Magnesioaubertite  (*)Magnesiocopiapite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Manjiroite  (*)Mansfieldite  (*)Massicot  (*)Matlockite  (*)
Mejillonesite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Mendozavilite-NaCu  (*)Mendozavilite-NaFe  (*)Merrillite  (*)
Metasideronatrite  (*)Metavoltine  (*)Microcline  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)
Mitridatite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monetite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Mottramite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Natrochalcite  (*)Natrodufrénite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Newberyite  (*)
Niter  (*)Nitratine  (*)Nowackiite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Opal  (*)
Osarizawaite  (*)Parabutlerite  (*)Paralaurionite  (*)Paraotwayite  (*)Paratacamite  (*)
Pearceite  (*)Penfieldite  (*)Pharmacoalumite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phenakite  (*)
Phoenicochroite  (*)Phosgenite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Probertite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pseudoboleite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Quenstedtite  (*)Retgersite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rhomboclase  (*)Riotintoite  (*)Römerite  (*)Rutile  (*)Salesite  (*)
Sampleite  (*)Santanaite  (*)Schlossmacherite  (*)Schreibersite  (*)Schwartzembergite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Seeligerite  (*)Senarmontite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sideronatrite  (*)
Silver  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stanfieldite  (*)Starkeyite  (*)
Strengite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)Taenite  (*)
Talc  (*)Talmessite  (*)Tamarugite  (*)Tangeite  (*)Taranakite  (*)
Tarapacáite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tephroite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Tetrataenite  (*)Thénardite  (*)Tinsleyite  (*)Titanite  (*)Todorokite  (*)
Tridymite  (*)Troilite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Variscite  (*)
Vendidaite  (*)Voltaite  (*)Whitlockite  (*)Willemite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Xitieshanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S6463935550,35561,35562,35591,35667,35669,35723,35804,358052793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2435610,35616,35790,358073419
Aguilarite  (*)AcanthiteAg4SeS13555087
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)435598,35616,35801,358078803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31356032353
Aluminocopiapite  (*)Copiapite(Al,Mg)Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH,O)2·20H2O6463235604,3576550
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)66434.49835597,35609,35632,35635,35643,35660,35761,35767966
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O6463235606,35767272
Amarantite  (*)AmarantiteFe3+2O(SO4)2·7H2O6463435625,35643,35648,3576522
Amarillite  (*)TamarugiteNaFe3+(SO4)2·6H2O1356026
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1356041627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2335598,35632,358012162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31355961534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)6463735550,35559,35561,35591,35650,35658,356672734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)6455.3935564,35597,35598,35602,35605,35653,35658,35767,358071588
Anilite  (*)DigeniteCu7S413561688
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21355503092
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1358081036
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)46455.3535558,35597,35634,35643,35660246
Antofagastaite  (*)SyngeniteNa2Ca(SO4)2·1.5H2O1356042
Aphthitalite  (*)AphthitaliteK3Na(SO4)213560577
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1358083250
Ardealite  (*)GypsumCa2(PO3OH)(SO4)·4H2O13560330
Arhbarite  (*)GilmariteCu2Mg(AsO4)(OH)3335631,35634,356373
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS6434.49235643,358049052
Arthurite  (*)ArthuriteCuFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O13563135
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)36442.84235550,35555,35568,35580,35591,35592,35597,35598,35602,35604,35606,35607,35608,35609,35614,35616,35618,35627,35639,35643,35644,35646,35647,35652,35653,35658,35660,35758,35759,35762,35764,35765,35766,35767,35770,35773,35776,35777,35778,35780,35781,35801544
Aubertite  (*)AubertiteCu2+Al(SO4)2Cl·14H2O6463535604,35606,35643,35765,3576713
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6235784,358082060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)258.955.3235597,356345509
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO2135808238
Baileychlore  (*)Chlorite Clay(Zn,Fe2+,Al,Mg)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH)813555016
Bakhchisaraitsevite  (*)NoneNa2Mg5(PO4)4·7H2O235601,356034
Bandylite  (*)NoneCuB(OH)4Cl2982851357812
Barringerite  (*)Barringerite(Fe,Ni)2P13555322
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)6463835591,35633,35634,35635,35638,35658,35693,3578611547
Barytocalcite  (*)NoneBaCa(CO3)213558883
Bassanite  (*)RhabdophaneCa(SO4)·0.5H2O6463235658,3580782
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)66463335634,35653,35658132
Beaverite-(Zn)  (*)NonePb(Fe3+2Zn)(SO4)2(OH)66463235634,356584
Belloite  (*)NoneCu(OH)Cl64631357676
Betpakdalite-NaCa  (*)Betpakdalite[Na2(H2O)17Ca(H2O)6][Mo6+8As5+2Fe3+3O34(OH)3]2982851357812
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6235555,35793413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O76463235649,35650450
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O135595178
Bismoclite  (*)MatlockiteBiOCl13563471
Blödite  (*)BlöditeNa2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O6463135767130
Bobierrite  (*)VivianiteMg3(PO4)2·8H2O235601,3560317
Boleite  (*)NoneKAg9Pb26Cu24Cl62(OH)4864631135591,35598,35634,35649,35650,35651,35653,35657,35658,35661,3576565
Bonattite  (*)NoneCu(SO4)·3H2O646313576521
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS46455.31435550,35580,35588,35597,35598,35610,35614,35616,35618,35643,35764,35790,35801,358075516
Botryogen  (*)BotryogenMgFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·7H2O6463235606,3577445
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)135595483
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)66455.31435550,35561,35597,35599,35626,35634,35637,35639,35643,35644,35646,35765,35766,357701633
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr6463335560,35561,35644227
Brüggenite  (*)NoneCa(IO3)2·H2O1357982
Brushite  (*)GypsumCa(PO3OH)·2H2O6434.49135643104
Butlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·2H2O6463335602,35606,3576526
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)64633035550,35560,35562,35580,35588,35591,35592,35594,35595,35598,35602,35604,35610,35614,35616,35618,35634,35679,35681,35682,35693,35723,35759,35777,35790,35801,35804,35805,35807,3580827770
Caracolite  (*)ApatiteNa2(Pb2Na)(SO4)3Cl64631035585,35649,35650,35652,35653,35657,35658,35659,35747,3576520
Carlsbergite  (*)RocksaltCrN13562226
Cattiite  (*)NoneMg3(PO4)2·22H2O1356378
Ceruleite  (*)NoneCuAl4(AsO4)2(OH)8(H2O)4335631,35634,3563719
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)64631035550,35559,35568,35569,35571,35573,35576,35591,35658,356674979
Cesanite  (*)ApatiteCa2Na3(SO4)3OH64631356493
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O6455.3635597,35598,35602,35604,35767,35778925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S6434.491435550,35561,35580,35588,35597,35598,35614,35616,35618,35634,35758,35761,35773,358015707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O6463235591,35767197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS26434.493635550,35562,35580,35591,35592,35597,35598,35604,35606,35610,35614,35616,35618,35634,35643,35644,35646,35658,35758,35759,35761,35762,35763,35764,35767,35773,35778,35780,35782,35783,35787,35788,35790,35801,35806,3580727198
Challacolloite  (*)NoneKPb2Cl564631356497
Changoite  (*)BlöditeNa2Zn(SO4)2·4H2O6463335643,35658,357656
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)2335633,35634,3563890
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl64631035560,35561,35569,35585,35591,35648,35658,35669,35723,357471382
Christelite  (*)KtenasiteZn3Cu2(SO4)2(OH)6·4H2O64631356585
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4235553,358083902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O6442.82335561,35580,35592,35597,35598,35599,35604,35607,35614,35616,35618,35631,35634,35637,35643,35647,35658,35758,35763,35768,35773,35777,358013531
Clinoatacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)36463435602,35634,35660,3576743
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)3135634127
Clinoptilolite-K  (*)HeulanditeK6(Si30Al6)O72·20H2O13560313
Clinoptilolite-Na  (*)HeulanditeNa6(Si30Al6)O72·20H2O13560324
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)435590,35607,35634,35793363
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O6455.3635597,35602,35604,35606,35643,35765382
Copper  (*)CopperCu6455.32035570,35575,35576,35588,35597,35598,35614,35616,35618,35634,35643,35646,35647,35759,35762,35763,35768,35777,35801,358083846
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O6455.3535597,35602,35604,35765,35767136
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4235631,35634109
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4235631,35634175
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O166463535550,35591,35595,35658,35765227
Cotunnite  (*)NonePbCl26463235648,3565754
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS6455.31135550,35561,35591,35597,35598,35606,35616,35618,35634,35643,356584165
Crocoite  (*)Monazite BarytePb(CrO4)6463335658,35661,3577481
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O166463335595,35635,35767599
Cumengeite  (*)NonePb21Cu20Cl42(OH)40·6H2O13555043
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O735588,35598,35614,35616,35618,35634,358012970
Cuprocopiapite  (*)CopiapiteCu2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O6463335602,35643,3576712
Cyrilovite  (*)WarditeNaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O13560960
Darapskite  (*)NoneNa3(SO4)(NO3)·H2O435564,35641,35796,3579931
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)135555378
Destinezite  (*)NoneFe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·6H2O235604,3560619
Diaboleite  (*)PerovskiteCuPb2Cl2(OH)464631035568,35569,35585,35651,35654,35657,35658,35661,35765,3579357
Dietzeite  (*)NoneCa2(IO3)2(CrO4)·H2O2982851357814
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S735580,35591,35598,35614,35616,35618,358011027
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O6463135656164
Dittmarite  (*)None(NH4)Mg(PO4)·H2O1356057
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S1658.955.3135597300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)26463435550,35634,35637,356589895
Domeykite  (*)DomeykiteCu3As13559173
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4435591,35632,35634,35637910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)6455.31035550,35591,35597,35598,35605,35616,35658,35767,35801,358078173
Erazoite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu4SnS61356331
Eriochalcite  (*)NoneCuCl2·2H2O646313576713
Euchroite  (*)NoneCu2(AsO4)(OH)·3H2O6434.4913564324
Ferrinatrite  (*)NoneNa3Fe3+(SO4)3·3H2O6463335604,35606,3576525
Feruvite  (*)TourmalineCaFe2+3(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)58.955.313559715
Fibroferrite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O6463135765107
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F335604,35609,358082740
Franklinite  (*)SpinelZnFe3+2O413559552
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12135591663
Fuenzalidaite  (*)NoneK3Na5Mg5(IO3)6(SO4)6·6H2O1355644
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS64633035550,35559,35560,35561,35570,35571,35572,35573,35574,35575,35576,35577,35585,35591,35598,35616,35643,35650,35652,35653,35657,35658,35661,35693,35760,35762,35768,35775,35779,3580424243
Geffroyite  (*)Pentlandite(Cu,Fe,Ag)9Se813555010
George-ericksenite  (*)NoneNa6CaMg(IO3)6(CrO4)2·12H2O64631357691
Gilmarite  (*)GilmariteCu2+3(AsO4)(OH)3235631,356348
Girvasite  (*)NoneNaCa2Mg3(PO4)3(CO3)(H2O)61356033
Glauberite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(SO4)26463135767137
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)6463935550,35591,35595,35596,35616,35631,35644,35767,358087437
Gold  (*)CopperAu6434.491535550,35561,35585,35591,35592,35634,35642,35658,35761,35765,35766,35782,35783,35787,3580730554
Gordaite  (*)KtenasiteNaZn4(SO4)(OH)6Cl·6H2O646313565817
Graphite  (*)NoneC235784,358082812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS6463135765717
Guanacoite  (*)AkrochorditeCu2Mg3(OH)4(AsO4)2·4H2O1356343
Gunningite  (*)KieseriteZn(SO4)·H2O6463335643,35658,3576748
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O64632135550,35585,35598,35602,35603,35604,35606,35609,35616,35634,35649,35656,35657,35658,35660,35693,35747,35767,35774,35793,358086890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl6463935564,35598,35602,35605,35609,35628,35629,35767,357691398
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O6463335604,35606,35765409
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4235594,35595350
Hawleyite  (*)SphaleriteCdS646313576562
Hedegaardite  (*)Cerite(Ca,Na)9(Ca,Na)Mg(PO4)6(PO3OH)1356032
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O364632235550,35561,35564,35580,35591,35592,35595,35596,35598,35602,35610,35614,35616,35618,35631,35661,35766,35767,35777,35790,35801,3580714640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O6463435654,35657,35658,357651689
Herbertsmithite  (*)AtacamiteCu3Zn(OH)6Cl26463835550,35568,35569,35653,35654,35656,35658,3576521
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te135550804
Hetaerolite  (*)SpinelZnMn3+2O4646313565873
Hidalgoite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)6235550,3579357
Hohmannite  (*)AmarantiteFe3+2O(SO4)2·8H2O6434.4913564310
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16135635243
Humberstonite  (*)NoneK3Na7Mg2(SO4)6(NO3)2·6H2O13564111
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31358085433
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI6463535550,35634,35637,35648,35658180
Iranite  (*)IraniteCuPb10(CrO4)6(SiO4)2(OH)2646313566111
Iron  (*)IronFe335553,35622,358081089
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14135562784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)66434.491435550,35591,35597,35602,35604,35606,35609,35631,35633,35655,35658,35761,35765,357672228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)46463535550,35591,35632,35643,357675591
Kieserite  (*)KieseriteMg(SO4)·H2O646313576780
Kröhnkite  (*)RoseliteNa2Cu(SO4)2·2H2O6463535602,35604,35658,35765,3576727
Lammerite  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)2235632,3563410
Lautarite  (*)NoneCa(IO3)2235628,357982
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O235607,35634149
Lemanskiite  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·3H2O335621,35632,356347
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)135808581
Lesukite  (*)NoneAl2(OH)5Cl·2H2O13560210
Leucostaurite  (*)HilgarditePb2[B5O9]Cl·0.5H2O6463235649,357472
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)26463235585,35693987
Lindgrenite  (*)NoneCu3(Mo6+O4)2(OH)2646313566021
Luetheite  (*)ChenevixiteCuAl(AsO4)(OH)21356345
Lüneburgite  (*)NoneMg3[B2(OH)6(PO4)2]·6H2O235601,3560314
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O4435580,35614,35618,35801229
Magnesioaubertite  (*)AubertiteMgAl(SO4)2Cl·14H2O6463235606,357674
Magnesiocopiapite  (*)CopiapiteMgFe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O235604,3560654
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O464631435580,35592,35593,35598,35603,35610,35614,35618,35658,35767,35790,35801,35807,3580814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)26455.31335591,35592,35597,35598,35614,35618,35634,35643,35644,35658,35763,35780,3580112537
Manjiroite  (*)CoronaditeNa(Mn4+7Mn3+)O1613559522
Mansfieldite  (*)NoneAl(AsO4)·2H2O435632,35634,35637,3563842
Massicot  (*)NonePbO135576202
Matlockite  (*)MatlockitePbClF646313565029
Mejillonesite  (*)Not in a structural groupNaMg2(PO3OH)(PO4)(OH)·H5O21356032
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O58.955.3135597915
Mendozavilite-NaCu  (*)Betpakdalite[Na2(H2O)15Cu(H2O)6][Mo8P2Fe3+3O34(OH)3]58.955.31355972
Mendozavilite-NaFe  (*)Betpakdalite[Na2(H2O)15Fe3+(H2O)6][Mo8P2Fe3+3O35(OH)2]58.955.31355973
Merrillite  (*)CeriteCa9NaMg(PO4)7135808230
Metasideronatrite  (*)NoneNa2Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)·H2O6463535602,35604,35643,35648,3576528
Metavoltine  (*)MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12·18H2O6463435602,35604,35765,3576778
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1356054924
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl6463835550,35645,35654,35659,35747,35765,35792,357931107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4135576247
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O135609129
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS26434.49735597,35606,35643,35761,35764,35778,358075800
Monetite  (*)NoneCa(PO3OH)13560321
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O6434.49235591,356431508
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)6463235555,35660362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)26442.81035550,35560,35591,35592,35597,35598,35616,35758,35773,3580117380
Natrochalcite  (*)NatrochalciteNaCu2(SO4)2(OH)·H2O58.955.3235556,355976
Natrodufrénite  (*)DufréniteNaFe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O13560946
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)66463535602,35604,35606,35643,35767254
Newberyite  (*)NoneMg(PO3OH)·3H2O235601,3560524
Niter  (*)NoneK(NO3)6463135769181
Nitratine  (*)CalciteNa(NO3)6463835564,35628,35643,35767,35769,35770,35781,3579791
Nowackiite  (*)NowackiiteCu6Zn3As4S121355505
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)535621,35632,35633,35634,35637492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O6463235603,356562994
Osarizawaite  (*)AlunitePb(Al2Cu2+)(SO4)2(OH)6646313565364
Parabutlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·2H2O335602,35604,3560623
Paralaurionite  (*)NonePbCl(OH)6463635591,35648,35649,35657,35658,3574746
Paraotwayite  (*)NoneNi(OH)2-x(SO4,CO3)0.5x1358082
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)664631035555,35585,35591,35598,35643,35652,35653,35658,35747,35767158
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]135591249
Penfieldite  (*)NonePb2Cl3(OH)6463335643,35649,3565722
Pharmacoalumite  (*)PharmacosideriteKAl4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6.5H2O235631,3563717
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O135631428
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)135579326
Phoenicochroite  (*)NonePb2O(CrO4)6463535568,35569,35645,35658,3566135
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl2135550142
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O6463235606,35767265
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O6235784,35808303
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)66463135658477
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]135591716
Probertite  (*)NoneNaCaB5O7(OH)4·3H2O13556429
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3135804733
Pseudoboleite  (*)NonePb31Cu24Cl62(OH)486463635550,35650,35654,35657,35660,3577633
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4135609369
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3335560,35561,358041425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26434.492435550,35580,35591,35592,35597,35598,35602,35604,35610,35614,35616,35618,35634,35643,35658,35758,35761,35765,35767,35773,35790,35801,35804,3580739462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2335591,35594,355953106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1355501725
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2135632771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S86434.491356439056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26455.35335550,35558,35560,35561,35568,35569,35571,35573,35580,35585,35591,35592,35595,35596,35597,35598,35602,35604,35605,35608,35609,35610,35614,35616,35618,35632,35634,35637,35638,35639,35644,35646,35652,35653,35654,35658,35661,35759,35760,35762,35763,35764,35765,35767,35768,35775,35778,35779,35780,35790,35801,35807,3580961156
Quenstedtite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+2(SO4)3·11H2O235602,3560617
Retgersite  (*)NoneNi(SO4)·6H2O13580855
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1355911711
Rhomboclase  (*)Not in a structural group(H5O2)Fe3+(SO4)2·2H2O6463235602,3576753
Riotintoite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl(SO4)(OH)·3H2O64631357671
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O235602,35604115
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2335550,35632,358085614
Salesite  (*)NoneCu(IO3)(OH)1355592
Sampleite  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(PO4)4Cl·5H2O6455.3835556,35597,35598,35607,35609,35637,35643,3566040
Santanaite  (*)NonePb11CrO1664631356591
Schlossmacherite  (*)Alunite(H3O)Al3(SO4)2(OH)6235634,356372
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P235553,35808374
Schwartzembergite  (*)NonePb2+5H2I3+O6Cl364631835549,35559,35568,35569,35577,35585,35626,35649,35652,35653,35654,35658,35659,35661,35693,35747,35776,3580921
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O435602,35633,35634,356381153
Seeligerite  (*)NonePb3(IO4)Cl364631135549,35550,35568,35569,35649,35651,35654,35657,35658,35659,3574712
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O3135632179
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)235550,355916417
Sideronatrite  (*)NoneNa2Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)·3H2O6455.3635597,35602,35604,35606,35643,3576573
Silver  (*)CopperAg64639035560,35561,35591,35616,35634,35665,35667,35669,35670,35671,35673,35674,35675,35676,35677,35678,35679,35680,35681,35682,35684,35685,35686,35687,35688,35691,35692,35694,35695,35696,35697,35698,35699,35700,35701,35702,35703,35704,35705,35706,35707,35708,35709,35710,35711,35712,35713,35714,35715,35716,35718,35719,35720,35721,35722,35723,35724,35725,35726,35728,35729,35730,35731,35732,35733,35734,35735,35736,35737,35738,35739,35740,35741,35742,35743,35744,35745,35746,35747,35748,35749,35750,35751,35752,35753,35754,35755,35756,35757,358055186
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31355951214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS64631135550,35560,35591,35616,35634,35643,35658,35760,35765,35768,3577521482
Stanfieldite  (*)NoneCa4Mg5(PO4)613555314
Starkeyite  (*)StarkeyiteMg(SO4)·4H2O29828513578179
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O58.955.3235597,35609263
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS135591332
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS6463335602,35606,356582045
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O6463435602,35604,35606,35767139
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)235553,35808703
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21356323337
Talmessite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(AsO4)2·2H2O13563446
Tamarugite  (*)TamarugiteNaAl(SO4)2·6H2O6463435604,35647,35765,3576787
Tangeite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(VO4)(OH)13578660
Taranakite  (*)TaranakiteK3Al5(PO3OH)6(PO4)2·18H2O13560357
Tarapacáite  (*)NoneK2(CrO4)2982851357814
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1358.955.3335550,35591,355971803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO6442.8435598,35604,35758,357731101
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)135594240
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S136463635550,35591,35760,35766,35777,357795317
Tetrataenite  (*)NoneFeNi235553,35808116
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)6463435549,35583,35648,35658299
Tinsleyite  (*)LeucophosphiteKAl2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O1356039
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O335598,35603,358014899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O135635433
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2135808458
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS235553,358081044
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O6463135660484
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl135562605
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O135603301
Vendidaite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)(OH)3Cl·6H2O64631357671
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O6455.3335597,35606,35767111
Whitlockite  (*)CeriteCa9Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)6135808104
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO46463235591,35657303
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO46463635562,35645,35654,35658,35659,356611655
Xitieshanite  (*)NoneFe3+(SO4)Cl·6H2O1356063
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1358085251


5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
PorphCu-0056758.955.357.9–57.1±1.8      Alunite, Antlerite, Atacamite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copiapite, Copper, Coquimbite, Covellite, Epidote, Jarosite, Melanterite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sideronatrite, VoltaiteCu207289Lomas Bayas Mine, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, ChileLomas BayasSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-00004646364–63      Antlerite, Atacamite, Brochantite, Chalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Jarosite, Magnetite, Malachite, PyriteCu672Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, ChileSierra GordaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-0029745.842.844.3±1.5      Atacamite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Pyrite, TenoriteCu205860Centinela Cu Deposit, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, ChileCentinelaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-0030038.8934.4938.72±0.17 to 34.9±0.41      Alunite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Jarosite, Molybdenite, PyriteCu205864El Telégrafo Cu Deposit, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, ChileEl TelégrafoSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-00649298285298–285       Cu227985Rio Frio Prospect, Taltal, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, ChileRio FrioSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050152Fortuna Mine, Baquedano, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R050152
R060664Cerro Palestina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R060664
R120038Lomas Bayas Mine, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R120038
R050153Paposo, Reventon District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R050153
R060730Guanaco (Huanaco), Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R060730
R060715Guanaco (Huanaco), Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R060715
R060716Guanaco (Huanaco), Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R060716
R130688El Guanaco Mine, Guanaco (Huanaco), Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R130688
R060261Emma Luisa Mine, Guanaco (Huanaco), Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R060261
R060718Oficina Alemania, Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R060718
R100178Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R100178
R130548Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R130548
R050159La Poderosa Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R050159
R050163Margarita Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R050163
R050162Margarita Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R050162
R060792San Francisco Mine (Beatrix Mine), Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R060792
R100059San Francisco Mine (Beatrix Mine), Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R100059
R060387San Francisco Mine (Beatrix Mine), Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R060387
R070099San Francisco Mine (Beatrix Mine), Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R070099
R060714San Francisco Mine (Beatrix Mine), Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R060714
R110213La Compañia Mine, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R110213
R100198La Vendida Mine (Rio Tinto Mine), Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R100198
R070489Chinita Mine, Taltal, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R070489

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