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Locality Name:
Cerro Negro District, El Salado, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile


mindat Locality ID: 191065
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191065.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cerro Negro District, El Salado, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Cerro Negro Mine
Dos Amigos Mine
El Rincón Mine
Españolita Mine
San Gregorio Mine
San Pablo Mine
Santa Rosa Mine

Latitude: 26°14'39"S
Longitude: 69°28'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.244166666667,-69.471388888889
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 Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAtacamiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Dioptase  (*)
Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Paratacamite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S235997,360022793
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3535996,35998,35999,36000,36001544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2235996,360005509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41359965516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6235996,359981633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)235997,3600227770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1359965707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213599627198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O236000,360013531
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O235996,35999164
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13599624243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3635996,35997,35998,35999,36001,3600214640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1359961689
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413599614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2335999,36000,3600112537
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)6135996158
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4235996,35999369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213599639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2435998,35999,36000,3600161156
Silver  (*)CopperAg235997,360025186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS335996,35997,3600221482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131359961803


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060007Cerro Negro Mine, Cerro Negro District, El Salado, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R060007
R050597Cerro Negro Mine, Cerro Negro District, El Salado, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R050597
R150121San Pablo Mine, Cerro Negro District, El Salado, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R150121

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