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Locality Name:
Carrizo District, Huasco Province, Atacama, Chile


mindat Locality ID: 188395
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188395.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carrizo District, Huasco Province, Atacama, Chile": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Descubridora Mine
Namur Mine
Tres Amigos Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumKaoliniteLöllingite
NonePolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Argentotennantite-(Zn)  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rammelsbergite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Argentotennantite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteAg6(Cu4Zn2)As4S1313641914
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs336419,36420,36421379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1364199052
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31364191089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)336419,36420,3642127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213641927198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS236419,3642124243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313641914640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41364215591
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1364191487
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]136419716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3136419733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31364191425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213641939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2236420,3642161156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2136419233
Silver  (*)CopperAg336419,36420,364215186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS336419,36420,3642121482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31364193418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131364195317


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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