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Locality Name:
Diego De Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile

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

mindat Locality ID: 188881
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188881.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Diego De Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
El Salvador District
La Coipa Mine
Manto Tres Gracias Mine
Pampa Capitana
Santo Domingo Sur Deposit

Latitude: 26°28'14"S
Longitude: 69°31'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.470555555556,-69.529166666667

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.

Acanthite	Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brackebuschite
Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Digenite	Dufrénite	Enargite	Epidote	Fairfieldite	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Turquoise	Wurtzite

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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Hg I K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

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

75 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Andalusite ()*
Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anilite ()*	Roselite-β ()*	Argentojarosite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Austinite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Calomel ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Claudetite ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*
Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Iodargyrite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mercury ()*	Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natrodufrénite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*
Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Realgar ()*	Rutile ()*	Scorodite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Svanbergite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*
Tsumebite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Wakabayashilite ()*	Woodhouseite ()*	Zunyite ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	23	17	1	35985	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	43	17	2	35981,35991	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	43	17	2	35981,35991	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	43	17	2	35981,35985	966
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	43	41	1	35981	1310
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	23	17	1	35985	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	46	41	1	35981	1588
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄	23	17	1	35988	88
Roselite-β ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Co(AsO₄)₂·2H₂O	23	17	1	35990	21
Argentojarosite ()*	Alunite	AgFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	23	17	1	35985	58
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	46	17	4	35981,35982,35984,35985	9052
Austinite ()*	Adelite	CaZn(AsO₄)(OH)	23	17	1	35990	71
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	46	17	3	35980,35981,35986	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	23	17	2	35985,35990	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	43	17	3	35981,35985,35991	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	46	17	2	35980,35984	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	43	17	5	35981,35985,35986,35990,35991	27770
Calomel ()*	None	HgCl	23	17	1	35985	91
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	43	17	2	35981,35985	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	46	17	5	35981,35982,35985,35990,35991	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	23	17	1	35985	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	46	17	3	35983,35984,35986	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	23	17	1	35985	2600
Claudetite ()*	None	As₂O₃	23	17	1	35985	35
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	23	17	1	35990	966
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	43	41	1	35981	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	43	17	3	35981,35985,35988	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	46	17	4	35980,35981,35983,35986	2970
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	43	41	1	35981	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	23	17	1	35985	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	43	41	1	35981	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	23	17	1	35988	300
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	43	17	2	35981,35985	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	23	17	1	35991	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	23	17	1	35985	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	46	17	3	35980,35981,35983	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	23	17	3	35985,35986,35990	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	46	17	2	35981,35985	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	46	17	6	35981,35983,35985,35986,35990,35991	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	43	41	1	35981	5433
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	23	17	1	35985	180
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	43	17	2	35981,35985	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	43	17	2	35981,35985	5591
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	46	17	1	35984	234
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	43	17	4	35981,35985,35990,35991	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	46	17	3	35980,35981,35986	12537
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	23	17	1	35985	397
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	23	17	1	35985	1107
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	17	2	35981,35985	17380
Natrodufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	NaFe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O	46	41	1	35981	46
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	23	17	1	35985	254
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	43	41	1	35981	492
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	23	17	1	35985	477
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	46	17	2	35980,35981	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	46	17	5	35981,35982,35985,35990,35991	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	6	35980,35981,35982,35985,35986,35991	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	23	17	1	35985	712
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	43	41	1	35981	5614
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	23	17	1	35985	1153
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	23	17	2	35985,35990	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	43	17	3	35981,35985,35990	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	23	17	1	35985	2045
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	43	41	1	35981	105
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	43	17	2	35981,35985	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	43	17	2	35981,35985	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	46	17	2	35981,35991	4899
Tsumebite ()*	Brackebuschite	Pb₂Cu(PO₄)(SO₄)(OH)	23	17	1	35990	32
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	46	17	1	35980	484
Wakabayashilite ()*	None	(As,Sb)₆As₄S₁₄	23	17	1	35985	16
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	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							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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