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Locality Name:
Cerritos Bayos, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile


mindat Locality ID: 196003
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-196003.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cerritos Bayos, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Alcaparrosa Mine
Colina Larga Mine
El Salvador Mine

Latitude: 22°37'58"S
Longitude: 69°9'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.632777777778,-69.159722222222
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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Sb Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlcaparrosaiteAlumAluniteAmarantiteAmorphousAragoniteBaryteBotryogenCalciteChalcopyrite
CopiapiteCoquimbiteFeldsparGypsumHalotrichiteKieseriteMetavoltineMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRutileRömeriteStibniteSulphurTamarugiteTetrahedriteVoltaite

53 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Alcaparrosaite  (*)Alum-(K)  (*)Alum-(Na)  (*)Aluminocopiapite  (*)
Alunogen  (*)Amarantite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Botryogen  (*)Butlerite  (*)Calamaite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Coquimbite  (*)Cuprocopiapite  (*)Ferricopiapite  (*)
Ferrinatrite  (*)Fibroferrite  (*)Goldichite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Krausite  (*)Lesukite  (*)Magnesiocopiapite  (*)Magnesiovoltaite  (*)
Metahohmannite  (*)Metavoltine  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Opal  (*)
Parabutlerite  (*)Paracoquimbite  (*)Pertlikite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Quenstedtite  (*)Rhomboclase  (*)Römerite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Sideronatrite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)Tamarugite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Voltaite  (*)Yavapaiite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1358208803
Alcaparrosaite  (*)AlcaparrosaiteK3Ti4+Fe3+(SO4)4O(H2O)21358201
Alum-(K)  (*)AlumKAl(SO4)2·12H2O13582092
Alum-(Na)  (*)AlumNaAl(SO4)2·12H2O13582012
Aluminocopiapite  (*)Copiapite(Al,Mg)Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH,O)2·20H2O13582050
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O135820272
Amarantite  (*)AmarantiteFe3+2O(SO4)2·7H2O13582022
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21358202162
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1358201588
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1358213250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)13582011547
Botryogen  (*)BotryogenMgFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·7H2O13582045
Butlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·2H2O13582026
Calamaite  (*)Not in a structural groupNa2TiO(SO4)2·2H2O1358201
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13582127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213582227198
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O135820382
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O135820136
Cuprocopiapite  (*)CopiapiteCu2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O13582012
Ferricopiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe3+0.67Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O13582041
Ferrinatrite  (*)NoneNa3Fe3+(SO4)3·3H2O13582025
Fibroferrite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O135820107
Goldichite  (*)NoneKFe3+(SO4)2·4H2O13582012
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O235820,358216890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O135820409
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61358202228
Krausite  (*)NoneKFe3+(SO4)2·H2O13582021
Lesukite  (*)NoneAl2(OH)5Cl·2H2O13582010
Magnesiocopiapite  (*)CopiapiteMgFe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O13582054
Magnesiovoltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Mg5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O1358202
Metahohmannite  (*)AmarantiteFe3+2O(SO4)2·4H2O1358209
Metavoltine  (*)MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12·18H2O13582078
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21358205800
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6135820254
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1358202994
Parabutlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·2H2O13582023
Paracoquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteFe3+4(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O13582030
Pertlikite  (*)VoltaiteK2(Fe2+,Mg)2(Mg,Fe3+)4Fe3+2Al(SO4)12·18H2O1358204
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O135820265
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2235820,3582239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213582061156
Quenstedtite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+2(SO4)3·11H2O13582017
Rhomboclase  (*)Not in a structural group(H5O2)Fe3+(SO4)2·2H2O13582053
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O135820115
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21358205614
Sideronatrite  (*)NoneNa2Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)·3H2O13582073
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31358223418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1358202045
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O135820139
Tamarugite  (*)TamarugiteNaAl(SO4)2·6H2O13582087
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131358225317
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O135820111
Yavapaiite  (*)NoneKFe3+(SO4)21358208


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R110210Alcaparrosa Mine, Cerritos Bayos, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R110210
R060721Alcaparrosa Mine, Cerritos Bayos, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R060721
R170042Alcaparrosa Mine, Cerritos Bayos, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R170042
R110211Alcaparrosa Mine, Cerritos Bayos, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R110211
R110209Alcaparrosa Mine, Cerritos Bayos, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R110209
R070507Alcaparrosa Mine, Cerritos Bayos, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R070507

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