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Locality Name:
Andacollo, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 143.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 140.5

mindat Locality ID: 205155
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205155.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Andacollo, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, Chile": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Carmen De Andacollo Mine
Churrumata Mine
La Jarilla Mine
Madre De Diós Mine
Toro-Socorro
Tres Perlas

Latitude: 30°14'28"S
Longitude: 71°6'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.241111111111,-71.1025

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	Alunite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite
Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Dickite ()*
Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mercury ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Cu Fe S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite
Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	143.3	140.5	1	36514	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	143.3	140.5	1	36514	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	36515	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	143.3	140.5	1	36514	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	143.3	140.5	1	36514	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	143.3	140.5	2	36514,36516	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	143.3	140.5	1	36514	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	143.3	140.5	1	36514	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	143.3	140.5	1	36514	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	143.3	140.5	1	36514	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	143.3	140.5	2	36514,36516	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	143.3	140.5	2	36514,36515	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	143.3	140.5	1	36514	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	143.3	140.5	1	36514	802
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	143.3	140.5	1	36514	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	143.3	140.5	1	36514	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	143.3	140.5	2	36514,36515	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	143.3	140.5	1	36514	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	143.3	140.5	1	36514	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	143.3	140.5	2	36514,36517	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	143.3	140.5	1	36514	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	143.3	140.5	2	36514,36515	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	143.3	140.5	1	36514	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	143.3	140.5	2	36514,36523	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	143.3	140.5	1	36514	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	143.3	140.5	1	36514	12537
Mercury ()*	None	Hg			1	36516	397
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	143.3	140.5	1	36514	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	143.3	140.5	1	36514	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	143.3	140.5	2	36514,36523	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	143.3	140.5	1	36514	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	143.3	140.5	4	36514,36515,36516,36523	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	143.3	140.5	1	36514	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	143.3	140.5	1	36514	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	143.3	140.5	0		1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	143.3	140.5	2	36514,36516	5317

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-00095	143.3	140.5	141.9±1.4;									Bismuthinite, Bornite, Cerussite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cinnabar, Covellite, Cubanite, Epidote, Galena, Goethite, Gold, Jarosite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Sphalerite	Cu	36818	Carmen De Andacollo Mine, Andacollo, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, Chile	Andacollo	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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