Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Carrizal Alto District, Huasco Province, Atacama, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 196022
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-196022.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carrizal Alto District, Huasco Province, Atacama, Chile": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Armonía Mine
Bezanilla Mine
Llano Mine
Mondaca Mine
Portezuelo Mine
Principal Mine
Santa Rosa Mine

Latitude: 28°5'30"S
Longitude: 70°55'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.091666666667,-70.916666666667

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Digenite	Epidote
Fluorite	Malachite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel
Tetrahedrite	Vivianite

Actinolite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Augite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carrollite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Epidote ()*
Erythrite ()*	Jordisite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 As C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg Mo O S Sb Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Fe Mg O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Arsenopyrite Atacamite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Cobaltite Digenite Epidote
Fluorite Malachite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Spinel
Tetrahedrite Vivianite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	6	36410,36411,36412,36413,36414,36415	3419
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	0		3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	6	36411,36412,36413,36414,36415,36416	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	36414	544
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	36411	2060
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	36411,36415	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	36410,36413	27770
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	1	36410	154
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	36412	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	7	36410,36411,36412,36413,36414,36415,36416	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	5	36410,36411,36413,36414,36415	966
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	36412,36413	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	2	36411,36414	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	2	36410,36414	300
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	36411,36415,36416	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	36411,36413	814
Jordisite ()*	Amorphous	MoS₂	2	36410,36411	102
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	1	36410	249
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5	36410,36411,36412,36414,36416	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5	36411,36412,36414,36415,36416	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	36410,36411	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	1	36413	140
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	36410,36411,36412,36413,36415,36416	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	36410,36413,36414	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	36412,36413	61156
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	4	36410,36413,36415,36416	5317
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	3	36410,36413,36415	2718

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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