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Locality Name:
Pabellón, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 130
Youngest recorded age at locality: 112

mindat Locality ID: 188244
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188244.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pabellón, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Chinchado-Sacramento District
Elisa De Bordos
Marcelita Prospect
Sierra Jardín

Latitude: 27°46'12"S
Longitude: 70°12'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.77,-70.208611111111
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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneApatiteArsenicArsenopyriteAtacamiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
CopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteEpsomiteFairfielditeJalpaiteMalachiteMarcasite
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRoseliteSphaleriteTetrahedrite

47 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Atacamite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Brandtite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Eugenite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)
Jalpaite  (*)Kolymite  (*)Luanheite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Mckinstryite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pearceite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Segerstromite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Talmessite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Vladimirite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S130112236283,362872793
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21301121362873092
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs130112236280,36281379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS130112236280,362819052
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3130112136287544
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)130112236283,3628711547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41301121362875516
Brandtite  (*)RoseliteCa2Mn2+(AsO4)2·2H2O130112236280,3628118
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)130112436280,36281,36283,3628727770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1301121362875707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2130112336281,36283,3628727198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl1301121362831382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1301121362813531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS130112236283,362872600
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS130112236283,362874165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1301121362872970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1301121362871027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21301121362879895
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O130112136287484
Eugenite  (*)NoneAg11Hg213011213628317
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12130112136287663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13011213628724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1301121362877437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313011213628714640
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH130112136280367
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS2130112136287116
Kolymite  (*)NoneCu7Hg61301121362847
Luanheite  (*)NoneAg3Hg13011213628317
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)213011213628112537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21301121362875674
Mckinstryite  (*)NoneAg5Cu3S413011213628751
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213011213628717380
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]130112236283,36287249
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3130112336280,36281,36287733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2130112436280,36281,36283,3628739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2130112236283,3628761156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS130112236280,36281712
Segerstromite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa3(As5+O4)2[As3+(OH)3]21301121362801
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1301121362876417
Silver  (*)CopperAg130112236283,362875186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS130112336280,36281,3628721482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS130112136287332
Talmessite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(AsO4)2·2H2O13011213628046
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13130112236283,362871803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131301121362875317
Vladimirite  (*)NoneCa4(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)·4H2O13011213628015
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3130112136287297


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
Hg-00121130112 Ar-Ar, K-Ar     Cinnabar, Eugenite, Kolymite, LuanheiteHg188244Pabellón, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile Marschik and Fontboté (2001); Kojima et al. (2007)   

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060677Los Bordos Mine, Elisa De Bordos, Pabellón, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R060677

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