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Locality Name:
Cerro Pintado, Las Pintadas District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 201
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 276726
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276726.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cerro Pintado, Las Pintadas District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
La Farola Mine

Latitude: 27°35'24"S
Longitude: 70°20'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.59,-70.349722222222
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: Al Au C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmorphousAndalusiteApatiteAtacamiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
ClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDiasporeEpidoteGypsumKaoliniteNonePlancheitePyrite
QuartzSmectite-vermiculiteSpinel

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Atacamite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Copper  (*)Dioptase  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Opal  (*)
Paratacamite  (*)Plancheite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sampleite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3201100136356544
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)62011001363561633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)20110013635627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS220110013635627198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2011001363563531
Copper  (*)CopperCu2011001363563846
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O201100136356164
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22011001363569895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2011001363568173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F2011001363562740
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2011001363567437
Gold  (*)CopperAu20110013635630554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2011001363566890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O320110013635614640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62011001363562228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42011001363565591
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)201100136356234
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O420110013635614899
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O2011001363561508
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O2011001363562994
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)6201100136356158
Plancheite  (*)PlancheiteCu8(Si4O11)2(OH)4·H2O20110013635674
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4201100136356369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS220110013635639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO220110013635661156
Sampleite  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(PO4)4Cl·5H2O20110013635640


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
vms-00384201100Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous        648La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Las Pintadas District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, ChileFarola mineMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050098La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Las Pintadas District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R050098

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