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Locality Name:
Paipote, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile


mindat Locality ID: 188404
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188404.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paipote, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Ladrillos District
Paipote Copper Smelter Slag Locality
Quebrada San Miguel Mining District

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 Br C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H O S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteKaoliniteMalachite
NonePolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSpinelTetrahedriteVivianite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Covellite  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS336295,36296,362979052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41362995516
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr136296227
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)536295,36296,36297,36298,3629927770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1362995707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2436295,36297,36298,3629927198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl236295,362961382
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS336295,36296,36297966
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1362994165
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O336295,36296,36297814
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3236298,3629914640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4236295,362965591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413629814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)213629912537
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]236295,36296716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3236295,36296733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3236295,362961425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2436295,36296,36298,3629939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2336295,36296,3629861156
Silver  (*)CopperAg336295,36296,362975186
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131362951803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13336295,36296,362975317


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