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Locality Name:
Vallenar, Huasco Province, Atacama, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 62

mindat Locality ID: 146224
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146224.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vallenar, Huasco Province, Atacama, Chile": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Agua Amarga District
El Bolsico
Quebrada Algarrobal
Relincho Property
Remolinos Mine
San Antonio District
Sierra Bolsico Area
Zapallo Mine (Chehueque)

Latitude: 28°30'"S
Longitude: 70°17'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.5,-70.299722222222

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 Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ca H Ni O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteApatiteAtacamiteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyrite
ClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCyanotrichiteDevillineDiasporeEpidoteFairfielditeKtenasite
LöllingiteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSkutteruditeSpinelTetrahedriteVeszelyiteXanthoconite

46 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cuprotungstite  (*)
Dioptase  (*)Epidote  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Lindgrenite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickeltalmessite  (*)
Orthoserpierite  (*)Paratacamite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Serpierite  (*)
Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Veszelyite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Xanthoconite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S236459,364602793
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)36662436464,36465,36466,36474544
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6136475919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21364715509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)236458,3646011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS466621364655516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6336469,36470,364711633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)636458,36460,36461,36469,36470,3647627770
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O13647588
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O136471925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS26662436461,36465,36471,3647627198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl1364581382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O6662236465,364713531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O6662336465,36473,364742970
Cuprotungstite  (*)NoneCu2+3(WO4)2(OH)213647667
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O136471164
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)66621364658173
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1364617437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O36662236461,3646514640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1364751689
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)666621364652228
Lindgrenite  (*)NoneCu3(Mo6+O4)2(OH)213646121
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2136459762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4666213646514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)26662336465,36473,3647412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21364595674
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1364581107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS26662536461,36465,36469,36470,364715800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)26662236461,3646517380
Nickeltalmessite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Ni(AsO4)2·2H2O666202
Orthoserpierite  (*)NoneCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O13647540
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)6136466158
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3136459733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31364591425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26662536459,36461,36465,36471,3647639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2536458,36461,36473,36474,3647661156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2136475454
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)436469,36470,36471,364764894
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O136475142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O136475292
Silver  (*)CopperAg336458,36459,364605186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3136459531
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131364735317
Veszelyite  (*)Veszelyite(Cu,Zn)2Zn(PO4)(OH)3·2H2O13647520
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4236464,364681655
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS313645989



1 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-00324666264±2      Atacamite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Epidote, Hematite, Jarosite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, PyriteCu205952Relincho Property, Vallenar, Huasco Province, Atacama, ChileRelinchoSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060793Mi Fiel Rosita Mine, Sierra Bolsico Area, Vallenar, Huasco Province, Atacama, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R060793


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