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Locality Name:
Alacrán, Pampa Larga District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile


mindat Locality ID: 277230
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277230.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alacrán, Pampa Larga District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Alacrán Mine

Latitude: 27°35'48"S
Longitude: 70°10'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.596666666667,-70.175555555556
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: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneArsenicArsenolampriteArsenoliteArsenopyriteAtacamiteAutuniteBaryteCalcite
ClayCorundumFeldsparFluoriteGypsumKaoliniteLöllingiteMatlockiteNoneNot in a structural group
OrpimentPharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScapoliteSphaleriteSpinelStibnite
SulphurTetrahedrite

46 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alacránite  (*)Albite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Arsenic  (*)
Arsenolamprite  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bismoclite  (*)Bonazziite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Dimorphite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Greigite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Halloysite-10Å  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Marialite  (*)Metastibnite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Paratacamite  (*)Pharmacolite  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Picropharmacolite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)
Realgar  (*)Rutile  (*)Scorodite  (*)Smithite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Veenite  (*)Weilite  (*)
Zeunerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1363652793
Alacránite  (*)Not in a structural groupAs8S913636518
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1363658803
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1363651588
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs136365379
Arsenolamprite  (*)ArsenolampriteAs13636519
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3136365231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1363659052
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3136365544
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)13636511547
Bismoclite  (*)MatlockiteBiOCl13636571
Bonazziite  (*)NoneAs4S41363655
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13636527770
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1363653531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1363652600
Dimorphite  (*)NoneAs4S31363655
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21363659617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13636524243
Greigite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2S413636562
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1363656890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313636514640
Halloysite-10Å  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O13636562
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41363655591
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O136365149
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2136365762
Marialite  (*)ScapoliteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl136365139
Metastibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S313636587
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3136365511
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)6136365158
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O136365105
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O136365428
Picropharmacolite  (*)NoneCa4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·11H2O13636599
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213636539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213636561156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2136365233
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS136365712
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21363655614
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1363651153
Smithite  (*)NoneAgAsS213636511
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13636521482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31363653418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1363652045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131363651803
Veenite  (*)NonePb2(Sb,As)2S51363659
Weilite  (*)NoneCa(AsO3OH)13636519
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O136365185


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R120103Alacrán Mine, Alacrán, Pampa Larga District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R120103

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