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Locality Name:
La Planada Mine, Yabricoya District, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 31
Youngest recorded age at locality: 31

mindat Locality ID: 195846
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195846.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Planada Mine, Yabricoya District, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 20°10'30"S
Longitude: 69°5'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.175,-69.083333333333

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	Atacamite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Covellite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Spinel

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 Cl Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cl Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Atacamite Chalcopyrite Clay Covellite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Spinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Alunite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	31	31	966
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	31	31	544
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	31	31	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	31	31	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	31	31	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	31	31	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	31	31	2970
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	31	31	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	31	31	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	31	31	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	31	31	39462

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run 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	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00231	31	31	31									Alunite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	195846	La Planada Mine, Yabricoya District, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile	La Planada	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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