Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 30077
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30077.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pampa Larga District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Alacrán
Carrizalillo Mine
Descubridora Mine
Jote Mine
Juana Mine
Luisa Mine
Maria Catalina Mine
San Blas Mine
Veta Negra Mine

Latitude: 27°36'3"S
Longitude: 70°10'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.600833333333,-70.166944444444

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.

Acanthite	Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic
Arseniosiderite	Arsenolamprite	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Arthurite	Atacamite	Autunite	Baryte	Betpakdalite	Brochantite
Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chenevixite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Connellite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum
Covellite	Diaspore	Domeykite	Epidote	Fairfieldite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Hureaulite	Kaolinite
Koritnigite	Ktenasite	Löllingite	Malachite	Matlockite	Mica	Mixite	Natrochalcite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Perovskite	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Roselite
Rutile	Scapolite	Scheelite	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur	Symplesite	Tetrahedrite
Titanite	Tyrolite	Vivianite

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 Br C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Hg I K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenic
Arseniosiderite Arsenolamprite Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Arthurite Atacamite Autunite Baryte Betpakdalite Brochantite
Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chenevixite Clay Clinozoisite Connellite Copper Coronadite Corundum
Covellite Diaspore Domeykite Epidote Fairfieldite Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Hureaulite Kaolinite
Koritnigite Ktenasite Löllingite Malachite Matlockite Mica Mixite Natrochalcite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Orpiment Perovskite Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Roselite
Rutile Scapolite Scheelite Skutterudite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Sulphur Symplesite Tetrahedrite
Titanite Tyrolite Vivianite

141 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Adamite ()*	Alacránite ()*	Albite ()*
Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arseniosiderite ()*	Arsenolamprite ()*
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Asbolane ()*	Atacamite ()*	Austinite ()*
Azurite ()*	Babánekite ()*	Barahonaite-(Al) ()*	Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bendadaite ()*	Betpakdalite-CaCa ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Bismoclite ()*	Bonazziite ()*
Brandtite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Ceruleite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chenevixite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Claudetite ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Cornwallite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dimorphite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Domeykite ()*	Duftite ()*	Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*
Ferrisymplesite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gartrellite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Goudeyite ()*	Greigite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Halloysite-10Å ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Joteite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Karibibite ()*	Koritnigite ()*	Köttigite ()*	Krautite ()*	Lavendulan ()*
Löllingite ()*	Lotharmeyerite ()*	Ludlockite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*
Manganlotharmeyerite ()*	Manganohörnesite ()*	Manjiroite ()*	Mansfieldite ()*	Marialite ()*
Metastibnite ()*	Metazeunerite ()*	Microcline ()*	Miguelromeroite ()*	Mixite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Opal ()*	Orpiment ()*
Parasymplesite ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Parnauite ()*	Perroudite ()*	Pharmacoalumite ()*
Pharmacolite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Philipsbornite ()*	Phosphohedyphane ()*	Picropharmacolite ()*
Powellite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*	Realgar ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Romanèchite ()*	Roselite ()*	Rruffite ()*	Rutile ()*	Safflorite ()*
Schneiderhöhnite ()*	Schulenbergite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Skutterudite ()*	Smithite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spherocobaltite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Symplesite ()*	Talmessite ()*	Tapiaite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Todorokite ()*	Tyrolite ()*
Veenite ()*	Weilite ()*	Wendwilsonite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zeunerite ()*
Zincolivenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	3	36365,36368,36373	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	36373	3419
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	36373	254
Alacránite ()*	Not in a structural group	As₈S₉	1	36365	18
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	36365,36368	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	36365	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	36373	3250
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	5	36365,36368,36370,36371,36373	379
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(AsO₄)₃·3H₂O	2	36368,36373	194
Arsenolamprite ()*	Arsenolamprite	As	1	36365	19
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	3	36365,36368,36371	231
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	36365,36373	9052
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O	1	36373	143
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	4	36365,36368,36369,36373	544
Austinite ()*	Adelite	CaZn(AsO₄)(OH)	1	36373	71
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	36373	5509
Babánekite ()*	Vivianite	Cu₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	36373	9
Barahonaite-(Al) ()*	None	(Ca,Cu,Na,Fe³⁺,Al)₁₂Al₂(AsO₄)₈(OH,Cl)_x·nH₂O	2	36368,36371	5
Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	Ba_0.5Fe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·5H₂O	1	36373	150
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	7	36365,36366,36368,36370,36371,36372,36373	11547
Bendadaite ()*	Arthurite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	36373	10
Betpakdalite-CaCa ()*	Betpakdalite	[Ca₂(H₂O)₁₇Ca(H₂O)₆][Mo⁶⁺₈As⁵⁺₂Fe³⁺₃O₃₆(OH)]	1	36367	15
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	1	36373	450
Bismoclite ()*	Matlockite	BiOCl	1	36365	71
Bonazziite ()*	None	As₄S₄	1	36365	5
Brandtite ()*	Roselite	Ca₂Mn²⁺(AsO₄)₂·2H₂O	1	36373	18
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	2	36368,36371	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	36365,36368,36369,36373	27770
Ceruleite ()*	None	CuAl₄(AsO₄)₂(OH)₈(H₂O)₄	1	36368	19
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	36368	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	36368,36373	27198
Chenevixite ()*	Chenevixite	CuFe³⁺(AsO₄)(OH)₂	1	36373	90
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	2	36368,36373	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	5	36365,36368,36369,36372,36373	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2	36365,36373	2600
Claudetite ()*	None	As₂O₃	1	36368	35
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	4	36368,36370,36371,36373	363
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	2	36366,36373	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	36368,36373	3846
Cornwallite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	36370	175
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	36373	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	2	36368,36373	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	36368,36373	2970
Dimorphite ()*	None	As₄S₃	1	36365	5
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	36373	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	36373	9895
Domeykite ()*	Domeykite	Cu₃As	1	36368	73
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	2	36371,36373	220
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	36369	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	36371,36373	814
Ferrisymplesite ()*	Symplesite	Fe³⁺₃(AsO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	36373	21
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	36373	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	36365	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	36365,36368,36373	24243
Gartrellite ()*	None	PbCuFe³⁺(AsO₄)₂(OH)·H₂O	1	36368	41
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	36369,36373	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	36369	30554
Goudeyite ()*	Mixite	Cu₆Al(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	2	36368,36370	19
Greigite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂S₄	1	36365	62
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	36365,36368,36373	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	36365,36368,36369,36373	14640
Halloysite-10Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	1	36365	62
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	36373	5433
Joteite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₂CuAl(AsO₄)[AsO₃(OH)]₂(OH)₂·5H₂O	1	36368	1
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	36365	5591
Karibibite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₃(As³⁺O₂)₄(As³⁺₂O₅)(OH)	2	36368,36373	19
Koritnigite ()*	Koritnigite	Zn(AsO₃OH)·H₂O	1	36368	8
Köttigite ()*	Vivianite	Zn₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	36373	60
Krautite ()*	Koritnigite	Mn(AsO₃OH)·H₂O	2	36368,36373	7
Lavendulan ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	4	36365,36368,36371,36373	149
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	2	36365,36373	762
Lotharmeyerite ()*	Natrochalcite	CaZn₂(AsO₄)₂·2H₂O	1	36368	4
Ludlockite ()*	None	PbFe³⁺₄As³⁺₁₀O₂₂	2	36368,36373	15
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	36369,36373	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	36373	770
Manganlotharmeyerite ()*	Natrochalcite	CaMn³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	36368	3
Manganohörnesite ()*	Vivianite	Mn²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	36373	9
Manjiroite ()*	Coronadite	Na(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	36368	22
Mansfieldite ()*	None	Al(AsO₄)·2H₂O	2	36368,36371	42
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	2	36365,36373	139
Metastibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	36365	87
Metazeunerite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	3	36367,36368,36371	182
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	36368	4924
Miguelromeroite ()*	Hureaulite	Mn₅(AsO₃OH)₂(AsO₄)₂(H₂O)₄	2	36368,36373	5
Mixite ()*	Mixite	Cu₆Bi(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	36371	168
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	36373	17380
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	36373	254
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	3	36368,36370,36373	492
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	36368,36373	2994
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	36365	511
Parasymplesite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	36368,36373	124
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	2	36365,36373	158
Parnauite ()*	None	Cu₉(AsO₄)₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·7H₂O	1	36373	105
Perroudite ()*	None	Ag₄Hg₅S₅(I,Br)₂Cl₂	1	36366	23
Pharmacoalumite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KAl₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6.5H₂O	2	36368,36371	17
Pharmacolite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(AsO₃OH)·2H₂O	1	36365	105
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	3	36365,36368,36373	428
Philipsbornite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	36371	51
Phosphohedyphane ()*	Apatite	Ca₂Pb₃(PO₄)₃Cl	1	36371	71
Picropharmacolite ()*	None	Ca₄Mg(AsO₃OH)₂(AsO₄)₂·11H₂O	2	36365,36373	99
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	36373	494
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	36368	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	2	36372,36373	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	36365,36368,36371,36373	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	36373	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	36373	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	36365,36368,36369,36370,36371,36373	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	1	36365	233
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	36365	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	36373	1711
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	1	36373	312
Roselite ()*	Roselite	Ca₂Co(AsO₄)₂·2H₂O	1	36373	23
Rruffite ()*	Roselite	Ca₂Cu(AsO₄)₂·2H₂O	2	36368,36371	4
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	36365,36368,36373	5614
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	1	36373	317
Schneiderhöhnite ()*	None	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₃As³⁺₅O₁₃	2	36368,36373	15
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	1	36373	142
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	3	36365,36368,36373	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	36368,36373	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5	36368,36369,36370,36371,36373	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	1	36373	531
Smithite ()*	None	AgAsS₂	1	36365	11
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	36373	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	36365,36373	21482
Spherocobaltite ()*	None	Co(CO₃)	1	36373	52
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3	36365,36368,36371	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	36365,36368	2045
Symplesite ()*	Symplesite	Fe²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	36373	92
Talmessite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Mg(AsO₄)₂·2H₂O	2	36371,36373	46
Tapiaite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₅Al₂(AsO₄)₄(OH)₄·12H₂O	1	36368	1
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2	36365,36368	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	36373	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	36373	4899
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	36373	433
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	1	36373	245
Veenite ()*	None	Pb₂(Sb,As)₂S₅	1	36365	9
Weilite ()*	None	Ca(AsO₃OH)	1	36365	19
Wendwilsonite ()*	Roselite	Ca₂Mg(AsO₄)₂·2H₂O	1	36373	8
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	36371	1655
Zeunerite ()*	Autunite	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	36365	185
Zincolivenite ()*	Andalusite	CuZn(AsO₄)(OH)	2	36368,36373	60

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060951	Pampa Larga District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile	https://rruff.info/R060951
R120103	Alacrán Mine, Alacrán, Pampa Larga District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile	https://rruff.info/R120103
R070649	Jote Mine, Pampa Larga District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile	https://rruff.info/R070649
R141211	Jote Mine, Pampa Larga District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile	https://rruff.info/R141211
R150032	Jote Mine, Pampa Larga District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile	https://rruff.info/R150032
R070430	Maria Catalina Mine, Pampa Larga District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile	https://rruff.info/R070430
R070431	Maria Catalina Mine, Pampa Larga District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile	https://rruff.info/R070431
R070064	Veta Negra Mine, Pampa Larga District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile	https://rruff.info/R070064

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