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Locality Name:
Las Pintadas District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 201
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 188779
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188779.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Las Pintadas District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Abandonada Mine
Cerro Pintado
Engaño Feliz Mine
Resguardo Mine
Restauradora Mine

Latitude: 27°35'23"S
Longitude: 70°20'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.589722222222,-70.349444444444
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: Al Au C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmorphousAndalusiteApatiteAtacamiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
ClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDiasporeEpidoteGypsumKaoliniteNonePlancheitePyrite
QuartzSmectite-vermiculiteSpinel

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Atacamite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Copper  (*)Dioptase  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Opal  (*)
Paratacamite  (*)Plancheite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sampleite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3201100236356,36359544
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)62011001363561633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)201100336354,36356,3635827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2201100336354,36356,3635827198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2011001363563531
Copper  (*)CopperCu2011001363563846
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O201100136356164
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22011001363569895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2011001363568173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F2011001363562740
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2011001363567437
Gold  (*)CopperAu20110013635630554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2011001363566890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3201100336354,36356,3635814640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62011001363562228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42011001363565591
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)201100136356234
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4201100336354,36356,3635814899
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O2011001363561508
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O2011001363562994
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)6201100136356158
Plancheite  (*)PlancheiteCu8(Si4O11)2(OH)4·H2O20110013635674
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4201100136356369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2201100336354,36356,3635839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2201100336354,36356,3635861156
Sampleite  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(PO4)4Cl·5H2O201100236356,3635740


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
vms-00384201100Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous        648La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Las Pintadas District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, ChileFarola mineMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050098La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Las Pintadas District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R050098
R090072Engaño Feliz Mine, Las Pintadas District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R090072

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