Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cuya, Los Camarones, Arica Province, Arica And Parinacota, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 13739
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13739.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cuya, Los Camarones, Arica Province, Arica And Parinacota, Chile": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cuya NE5 Chloride Occurrence
Cuya NE9 Arsenite Occurrence
Cuya NE9 Sulfate Occurrence

Latitude: 19°7'5"S
Longitude: 70°7'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.118055555556,-70.1325

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.

Alunite	Amarantite	Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Botryogen	Calcite	Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copiapite	Corundum	Epsomite	Fairfieldite	Halotrichite	Hexahydrite	Kieserite	None
Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite	Quartz	Römerite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Starkeyite	Taranakite

Actinolite ()*	Amarantite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenolite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Botryogen ()*	Camaronesite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Claudetite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epsomite ()*
Halotrichite ()*	Haydeeite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Hydroniumjarosite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Paratacamite-(Mg) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Realgar ()*	Römerite ()*	Rozenite ()*	Saponite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Szomolnokite ()*	Talmessite ()*	Zincobotryogen ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Na O P S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ca Fe H Mg Na O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amarantite Amphibole Arsenic Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Atacamite Botryogen Calcite Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite Clay Copiapite Corundum Epsomite Fairfieldite Halotrichite Hexahydrite Kieserite None
Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite Quartz Römerite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Starkeyite Taranakite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	35946	3419
Amarantite ()*	Amarantite	Fe³⁺₂O(SO₄)₂·7H₂O	0		22
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	2	35944,35946	1588
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	0		379
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	0		231
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	35946	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	35944	544
Botryogen ()*	Botryogen	MgFe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·7H₂O	1	35946	45
Camaronesite ()*	Taranakite	Fe³⁺₂(PO₃OH)₂(SO₄)(H₂O)₄·1-2H₂O	1	35946	1
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	35946	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	35944,35946	27198
Claudetite ()*	None	As₂O₃	0		35
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	2	35944,35946	382
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	35944	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	35944	484
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	35946	409
Haydeeite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃Mg(OH)₆Cl₂	1	35944	3
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	35944	14640
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	35946	251
Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Alunite	(H₃O)Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	35946	65
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	35944	1487
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	0		511
Paratacamite-(Mg) ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Mg,Cu)Cl₂(OH)₆	1	35944	1
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	35946	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	35944	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	0		712
Römerite ()*	Römerite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₄·14H₂O	1	35946	115
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	35946	293
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	0		301
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	35946	21482
Szomolnokite ()*	Kieserite	Fe(SO₄)·H₂O	1	35946	139
Talmessite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Mg(AsO₄)₂·2H₂O	0		46
Zincobotryogen ()*	Botryogen	ZnFe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·7H₂O	0		7

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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