Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pampa Del Tamarugal, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 196015
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-196015.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pampa Del Tamarugal, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Camiña
Cerros Pintados ("Cerro Pintados")
Huaviña District
Victoria Segunda Mine

Latitude: 20°58'42"S
Longitude: 70°8'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.978333333333,-70.143055555556

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	Allophane	Amarantite	Apatite	Atacamite	Baryte	Botryogen	Caledonite	Cobaltite	Copper
Descloizite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Khademite	Löllingite	Linarite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Tamarugite	Tengerite

Acanthite ()*	Alunogen ()*	Amarantite ()*	Amarillite ()*	Anglesite ()*
Anhydrite ()*	Apjohnite ()*	Botryogen ()*	Butlerite ()*	Cadwaladerite ()*
Caledonite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Creaseyite ()*
Descloizite ()*	Galena ()*	Glauberite ()*	Goldichite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Herbertsmithite ()*	Hohmannite ()*	Jurbanite ()*
Khademite ()*	Kimuraite-(Y) ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*	Löllingite ()*
Mendozite ()*	Metahohmannite ()*	Metasideronatrite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Misenite ()*
Parabutlerite ()*	Phosgenite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*	Tamarugite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Willemite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si V Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Amarantite Apatite Atacamite Baryte Botryogen Caledonite Cobaltite Copper
Descloizite Gypsum Halotrichite Khademite Löllingite Linarite None Not in a structural group Phenakite Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite Tamarugite Tengerite

45 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	36779	2793
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	1	36777	272
Amarantite ()*	Amarantite	Fe³⁺₂O(SO₄)₂·7H₂O	1	36777	22
Amarillite ()*	Tamarugite	NaFe³⁺(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	36777	6
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	36780	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	36777	1588
Apjohnite ()*	Halotrichite	Mn²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	36777	28
Botryogen ()*	Botryogen	MgFe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·7H₂O	1	36777	45
Butlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·2H₂O	1	36777	26
Cadwaladerite ()*	None	Al₂(H₂O)(OH)₄·n(Cl,OH^-,H₂O)	1	36777	2
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	1	36780	359
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	36780	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	36776	3531
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	36779	966
Creaseyite ()*	None	Cu₂Pb₂Fe³⁺₂Si₅O₁₇·6H₂O	1	36776	27
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	1	36780	378
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	36779,36780	24243
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	2	36777,36780	137
Goldichite ()*	None	KFe³⁺(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	36777	12
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	36777	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	36777	1398
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	36777	409
Herbertsmithite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃Zn(OH)₆Cl₂	1	36780	21
Hohmannite ()*	Amarantite	Fe³⁺₂O(SO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	36777	10
Jurbanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	1	36777	7
Khademite ()*	Khademite	Al(SO₄)F·5H₂O	1	36777	15
Kimuraite-(Y) ()*	Tengerite	CaY₂(CO₃)₄·6H₂O	1	36777	10
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	36780	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	36780	987
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	36779	762
Mendozite ()*	None	NaAl(SO₄)₂·11H₂O	1	36777	28
Metahohmannite ()*	Amarantite	Fe³⁺₂O(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	36777	9
Metasideronatrite ()*	None	Na₂Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·H₂O	1	36777	28
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	2	36776,36780	1107
Misenite ()*	None	K₈(SO₄)(SO₃OH)₆	1	36777	4
Parabutlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·2H₂O	1	36777	23
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	1	36780	142
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	36777	265
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	36776	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	36776,36780	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	36779	5186
Tamarugite ()*	Tamarugite	NaAl(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	36777	87
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	36780	605
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	1	36780	303
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	2	36776,36777	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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