Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Challacollo, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 55472
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55472.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Challacollo, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Buena Esperanza Mine
Lolon Mine (Challacollo Mine)
Walkiria Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite	Matlockite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Scheelite	Serpentine

Anglesite ()*	Arzrunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Boleite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Caledonite ()*	Caracolite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Challacolloite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Cotunnite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Fraipontite ()*	Glauberite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Herbertsmithite ()*	Lanarkite ()*	Matlockite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nitratine ()*	Olivenite ()*	Paratacamite ()*
Pseudoboleite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schwartzembergite ()*	Seeligerite ()*	Uklonskovite ()*
Willemite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H I K Mg Mo N Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag C Cl Cu F H K O Pb S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Clay Clinozoisite
Corundum Epidote Fluorite Matlockite Mica None Not in a structural group Phenakite Quartz Rocksalt
Scheelite Serpentine

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	36739	2734
Arzrunite ()*	None	Pb₂Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₄Cl₆·2H₂O	1	36738	2
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	36739	11547
Boleite ()*	None	KAg₉Pb₂₆Cu₂₄Cl₆₂(OH)₄₈	0		65
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	0		1633
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	0		359
Caracolite ()*	Apatite	Na₂(Pb₂Na)(SO₄)₃Cl	2	36738,36739	20
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	36739	4979
Challacolloite ()*	None	KPb₂Cl₅	1	36739	7
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	36739	1382
Cotunnite ()*	None	PbCl₂	1	36739	54
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	36738	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	36739	9617
Fraipontite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Zn,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄	1	36739	49
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	1	36739	137
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	36739	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	36739	1689
Herbertsmithite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃Zn(OH)₆Cl₂	1	36739	21
Lanarkite ()*	None	Pb₂O(SO₄)	1	36738	97
Matlockite ()*	Matlockite	PbClF	0		29
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	36739	1107
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	36738	17380
Nitratine ()*	Calcite	Na(NO₃)	1	36739	91
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	36739	492
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	1	36739	158
Pseudoboleite ()*	None	Pb₃₁Cu₂₄Cl₆₂(OH)₄₈	1	36739	33
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	36739	61156
Schwartzembergite ()*	None	Pb²⁺₅H₂I³⁺O₆Cl₃	1	36739	21
Seeligerite ()*	None	Pb₃(IO₄)Cl₃	1	36739	12
Uklonskovite ()*	None	NaMg(SO₄)F·2H₂O	1	36739	7
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	1	36739	303
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	36739	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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