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Locality Name:
Carmen De Andacollo Mine, Andacollo, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 143.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 140.5

mindat Locality ID: 36818
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36818.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carmen De Andacollo Mine, Andacollo, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°14'29"S
Longitude: 71°6'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.241388888889,-71.102777777778

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Cubanite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite
Cubanite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	143.3	140.5	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	143.3	140.5	5509
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	143.3	140.5	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	143.3	140.5	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	143.3	140.5	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	143.3	140.5	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	143.3	140.5	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	143.3	140.5	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	143.3	140.5	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	143.3	140.5	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	143.3	140.5	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	143.3	140.5	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	143.3	140.5	802
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	143.3	140.5	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	143.3	140.5	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	143.3	140.5	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	143.3	140.5	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	143.3	140.5	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	143.3	140.5	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	143.3	140.5	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	143.3	140.5	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	143.3	140.5	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	143.3	140.5	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	143.3	140.5	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	143.3	140.5	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	143.3	140.5	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	143.3	140.5	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	143.3	140.5	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	143.3	140.5	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	143.3	140.5	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	143.3	140.5	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	143.3	140.5	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	143.3	140.5	5317

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00095	143.3	140.5	141.9±1.4;									Bismuthinite, Bornite, Cerussite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cinnabar, Covellite, Cubanite, Epidote, Galena, Goethite, Gold, Jarosite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Sphalerite	Cu	36818	Carmen De Andacollo Mine, Andacollo, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, Chile	Andacollo	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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