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Locality Name:
El Salvador District, Diego De Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 46
Youngest recorded age at locality: 17

mindat Locality ID: 188684
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188684.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "El Salvador District, Diego De Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
El Hueso Mine
El Salvador Mine
Indio Muerto Mine
QM Mine
Salvador Mine (Damiana Mine)

Latitude: 26°14'29"S
Longitude: 69°33'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.241388888889,-69.558333333333

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum
Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Dufrénite	Enargite	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Turquoise	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Digenite ()*	Enargite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Libethenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natrodufrénite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Svanbergite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Turquoise ()*
Woodhouseite ()*	Zunyite ()*

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: Al As C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S Sb Si Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Andalusite Arsenopyrite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum
Covellite Diaspore Digenite Dufrénite Enargite Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Spinel Tetrahedrite Titanite Turquoise Wurtzite

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	43	41	1	35981	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	43	41	1	35981	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	43	41	1	35981	966
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	43	41	1	35981	1310
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	46	41	1	35981	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	46	17	3	35981,35982,35984	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	46	17	2	35980,35981	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	43	41	1	35981	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	46	17	2	35980,35984	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	43	41	1	35981	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	43	41	1	35981	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	46	17	2	35981,35982	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	46	17	2	35983,35984	3531
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	43	41	1	35981	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	43	41	1	35981	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	46	17	3	35980,35981,35983	2970
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	43	41	1	35981	481
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	43	41	1	35981	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	43	41	1	35981	910
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	46	17	3	35980,35981,35983	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	46	41	1	35981	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	46	17	2	35981,35983	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	43	41	1	35981	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	43	41	1	35981	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	43	41	1	35981	5591
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	46	17	1	35984	234
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	43	41	1	35981	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	46	17	2	35980,35981	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	43	41	1	35981	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	46	41	1	35981	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	46	41	1	35981	17380
Natrodufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	NaFe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O	46	41	1	35981	46
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	43	41	1	35981	492
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	46	17	2	35980,35981	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	46	46	2	35981,35982	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	43	41	1	35981	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	43	41	1	35981	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	46	17	3	35980,35981,35982	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	43	41	1	35981	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	43	41	1	35981	21482
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	43	41	1	35981	105
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	43	41	1	35981	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	43	41	1	35981	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	46	41	1	35981	4899
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	46	17	1	35980	484
Woodhouseite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	43	41	1	35981	62
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	43	41	1	35981	86

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Kaitlynn000005	46	46	46	K-Ar	age of sulphide	pyrite	ES-35		Pyrite			27227	El Salvador Mine, El Salvador District, Diego De Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile	El Salvador	Tilton et al. (1981)	10.1130/MEM154-p791	MGSA154_791
Kaitlynn000006	46	46	46	K-Ar	age of sulphide	pyrite	Z-534B		Pyrite			27227	El Salvador Mine, El Salvador District, Diego De Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile	El Salvador	Tilton et al. (1981)	10.1130/MEM154-p791	MGSA154_791
PorphCu-00080	43	41	43–41							Actinolite, Albite, Alunite, Andalusite, Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Corundum, Covellite, Diaspore, Enargite, Ilmenite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Sphalerite, Svanbergite, Woodhouseite, Zunyite	Cu	27227	El Salvador Mine, El Salvador District, Diego De Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile	El Salvador	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
Hg-00122	23	17						Yes		Calomel, Cinnabar, Mercury	Hg	189280	La Coipa Mine, Diego De Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile		Oviedo et al. (1991)	10.2113/gsecongeo.86.6.1287	EG86_1287

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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