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Locality Name:
Chinchado-Sacramento District, Pabellón, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

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

mindat Locality ID: 188245
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188245.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chinchado-Sacramento District, Pabellón, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cobriza Mine ("Corbriza Mine")
Sacramento Mine

Latitude: 27°49'44"S
Longitude: 70°14'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.828888888889,-70.234166666667
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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O P S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteFairfielditeMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteRoseliteSphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Brandtite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Malachite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Realgar  (*)Segerstromite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talmessite  (*)Vladimirite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs130112236280,36281379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS130112236280,362819052
Brandtite  (*)RoseliteCa2Mn2+(AsO4)2·2H2O130112236280,3628118
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)130112236280,3628127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213011213628127198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1301121362813531
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH130112136280367
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)213011213628112537
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3130112236280,36281733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2130112236280,3628139462
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS130112236280,36281712
Segerstromite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa3(As5+O4)2[As3+(OH)3]21301121362801
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS130112236280,3628121482
Talmessite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(AsO4)2·2H2O13011213628046
Vladimirite  (*)NoneCa4(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)·4H2O13011213628015


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    YesCinnabar, Eugenite, Kolymite, LuanheiteHg188244Pabellón, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile Marschik and Fontboté (2001); Kojima et al. (2007)   

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