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Locality Name:
Ticnamar Area, Parinacota Province, Arica And Parinacota, Chile


mindat Locality ID: 196007
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-196007.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ticnamar Area, Parinacota Province, Arica And Parinacota, Chile": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Capitana Mine
Choquelimpie Mine
San Lorenzo Mine
Ticnamár Cu Deposit

Latitude: 18°30'25"S
Longitude: 69°23'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.506944444444,-69.394722222222

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAragoniteAramayoiteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyrite
ClayCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDugganiteEnargiteKaoliniteLillianiteMica
MolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentPolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSartorite
SphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteTetrahedriteWurtziteZinkenite

54 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Aramayoite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dickite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Guanajuatite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Heyrovskýite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Joëlbruggerite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Liveingite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Schapbachite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stephanite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1359552793
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6135955966
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1359542734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1359551588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21359553092
Aramayoite  (*)AramayoiteAg3Sb2(Bi,Sb)S613595529
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1359559052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)235954,3595511547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi235954,359551966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31359541935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41359545516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11235954,35955843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31359541089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)235955,3595627770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1359544979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1359575707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2435954,35955,35956,3595727198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl1359551382
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS235954,359554165
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4135955651
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4235954,35955910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS335954,35955,3595624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)235954,359557437
Gold  (*)CopperAu235954,3595530554
Guanajuatite  (*)StibniteBi2Se313595537
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313595514640
Heyrovskýite  (*)LillianitePb6Bi2S913595466
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14135954784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61359552228
Joëlbruggerite  (*)DugganitePb3Zn3Sb5+As2O13(OH)1359542
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41359555591
Liveingite  (*)SartoritePb20As24S561359554
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS4235954,35955198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413595514899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21359555800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2335954,35955,3595717380
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3135955511
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]135955716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3135955733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31359551425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2335954,35955,3595739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81359549056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2335954,35955,3595661156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS135955712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1359551711
Schapbachite  (*)RocksaltAg0.4Pb0.2Bi0.4S13595514
Silver  (*)CopperAg235954,359555186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS335954,35955,3595621482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4135954668
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4135955586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3235954,359553418
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13235954,359551803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13335954,35955,359565317
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42135954228



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