Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
El Salado, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 54642
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54642.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "El Salado, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Amor Mine
Cerro Negro District
Esperanza Mine
Flor De Tulipán Mine
Fresia Mine
Limbo Mine
Mantoverde District

Latitude: 26°24'8"S
Longitude: 69°53'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.402222222222,-69.8975

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	Allophane	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Clinoatacamite ()*	Copper ()*	Cornetite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Dioptase ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
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: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Arsenopyrite Atacamite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum
Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	35997,36002	2793
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	1	36011	246
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	36011	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	8	35994,35996,35998,35999,36000,36001,36003,36011	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	3	35996,36000,36006	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	35996	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	6	35994,35996,35998,36003,36006,36011	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	35997,36002,36011	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	35996,36011	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	35996,36011	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	5	35994,36000,36001,36010,36011	3531
Clinoatacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	36003	43
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	36004	3846
Cornetite ()*	None	Cu₃(PO₄)(OH)₃	1	36010	26
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	36011	2970
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	3	35994,35996,35999	164
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	35996	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	8	35996,35997,35998,35999,36001,36002,36003,36011	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	35996	1689
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	35996,36005,36011	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5	35999,36000,36001,36003,36011	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	36011	17380
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	3	35994,35996,36003	158
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	3	35996,35999,36010	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	35996,36011	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	35998,35999,36000,36001,36011	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	36011	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	35997,36002	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	35996,35997,36002	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	35996	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	36011	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060007	Cerro Negro Mine, Cerro Negro District, El Salado, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile	https://rruff.info/R060007
R050597	Cerro Negro Mine, Cerro Negro District, El Salado, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile	https://rruff.info/R050597
R150121	San Pablo Mine, Cerro Negro District, El Salado, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile	https://rruff.info/R150121
R050151	Manto Ruso Mine (Manto Russo), Mantoverde District, El Salado, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile	https://rruff.info/R050151

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