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Locality Name:
Maricunga Belt, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 13.85

mindat Locality ID: 207926
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207926.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maricunga Belt, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Cavancha Au-Cu Deposit
Cerro Casale Au-Cu Deposit
Lobo Mine
Marte Mine
Portezuelo Codocedo
Refugio Prospect
Santa Cecilia Au-Cu Deposit

Latitude: 27°15'44"S
Longitude: 69°9'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.262222222222,-69.153055555556

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.

Alunite	Baryte	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Cristobalite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Epidote	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Melanterite	Melonite
Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Corderoite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Diaspore ()*
Digenite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Famatinite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Matildite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Mercury ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*
Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Sylvanite ()*	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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Baryte Bismutite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Covellite Cristobalite Diaspore Digenite Enargite Epidote Gypsum Kaolinite Melanterite Melonite
Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Spinel Stannite Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

41 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
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	23	13.85	2	36267,36269	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	13.93	13.85	1	36267	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	23	13.85	2	36267,36269	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	23	23	1	36269	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	23	23	1	36268	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	23	23	2	36268,36269	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	23	23	1	36269	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	23	13.85	2	36267,36269	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	23	13.85	4	36266,36267,36268,36269	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	23	13.85	3	36267,36268,36269	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	23	23	3	36268,36269,36271	2600
Corderoite ()*	None	Hg₃S₂Cl₂	23	23	1	36271	16
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	23	23	2	36268,36269	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	23	23	2	36268,36271	453
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	13.93	13.85	1	36267	481
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	23	23	1	36269	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	23	23	2	36268,36269	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	23	23	1	36268	8173
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	23	23	1	36268	163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	23	13.85	3	36267,36268,36269	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	23	13.85	3	36267,36268,36269	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	23	13.85	2	36267,36269	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	23	13.85	3	36267,36268,36269	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	23	23	1	36269	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	23	13.85	2	36267,36269	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	23	13.85	2	36267,36269	14899
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	23	23	1	36268	252
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	23	23	1	36269	915
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	23	23	1	36269	397
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	23	13.85	3	36267,36268,36269	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	23	23	1	36269	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	23	13.85	3	36267,36268,36269	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	23	13.85	3	36267,36268,36269	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	23	23	3	36268,36269,36271	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	23	23	1	36268	712
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	23	23	1	36269	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	23	13.85	3	36267,36268,36269	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	23	23	3	36268,36269,36271	2045
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	23	23	2	36268,36269	337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	23	23	2	36268,36269	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	23	23	2	36268,36269	5317

2 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-00296	13.93	13.85	13.89±0.04									Alunite, Chalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Diaspore, Galena, Gold, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	205859	Cerro Casale Au-Cu Deposit, Maricunga Belt, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile	Cerro Casale	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	AJES44_373-00004	23	23	23										Au	207927	Refugio Prospect, Maricunga Belt, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile	Refugio	Sillitoe (1997)	10.1080/08120099708728318	AJES44_373

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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