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Locality Name:
Illapel, Choapa Province, Coquimbo, Chile


mindat Locality ID: 281555
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281555.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Illapel, Choapa Province, Coquimbo, Chile": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Azogues Mine
Farellón Sánchez District

Latitude: 31°30'"S
Longitude: 71°2'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.5,-71.049722222222
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: As Au Ba C Cu Fe H Hg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1365079052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21365065509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)13650711547
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1365065707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213650727198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1365062600
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13650724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu13650730554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313650714640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)213650612537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213650739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2236506,3650761156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13650721482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131365075317


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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