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Locality Name:
Cogotí, Combarbalá, Choapa Province, Coquimbo, Chile


mindat Locality ID: 278054
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278054.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cogotí, Combarbalá, Choapa Province, Coquimbo, Chile": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
La Mostaza Mine (La Colorada Mine)
San Samuel Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 As Ba C Cu Fe H Hg O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteDiasporeMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupPhilipsburgiteTetrahedrite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clinoclase  (*)Cornwallite  (*)
Duftite  (*)Goethite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Malachite  (*)Olivenite  (*)
Parnauite  (*)Philipsburgite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Segnitite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Vésigniéite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21364985509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)13649811547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2136498172
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6136498413
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61364981633
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1364984979
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1364993531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1364982600
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)3136498127
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4136498175
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)136498220
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1364987437
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)136498234
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2236498,3649912537
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)136498492
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O136498105
Philipsburgite  (*)PhilipsburgiteCu5Zn(AsO4)(PO4)(OH)6·H2O13649831
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4136498369
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6136498134
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131364981803
Vésigniéite  (*)NoneCu3Ba(VO4)2(OH)213649946


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