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Locality Name:
Alcaparrosa Mine, Cerritos Bayos, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile


mindat Locality ID: 639
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-639.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alcaparrosa Mine, Cerritos Bayos, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 22°37'58"S
Longitude: 69°11'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.632777777778,-69.185277777778
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: Al Ba Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlcaparrosaiteAlumAluniteAmarantiteAmorphousBaryteBotryogenCopiapiteCoquimbiteFeldspar
GypsumHalotrichiteKieseriteMetavoltineMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutile
RömeriteSulphurTamarugiteVoltaite

48 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Alcaparrosaite  (*)Alum-(K)  (*)Alum-(Na)  (*)Aluminocopiapite  (*)
Alunogen  (*)Amarantite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Botryogen  (*)Butlerite  (*)Calamaite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Coquimbite  (*)
Cuprocopiapite  (*)Ferricopiapite  (*)Ferrinatrite  (*)Fibroferrite  (*)Goldichite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Krausite  (*)Lesukite  (*)
Magnesiocopiapite  (*)Magnesiovoltaite  (*)Metahohmannite  (*)Metavoltine  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Natrojarosite  (*)Opal  (*)Parabutlerite  (*)Paracoquimbite  (*)Pertlikite  (*)
Pickeringite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Quenstedtite  (*)Rhomboclase  (*)
Römerite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sideronatrite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)
Tamarugite  (*)Voltaite  (*)Yavapaiite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Alcaparrosaite  (*)AlcaparrosaiteK3Ti4+Fe3+(SO4)4O(H2O)201
Alum-(K)  (*)AlumKAl(SO4)2·12H2O092
Alum-(Na)  (*)AlumNaAl(SO4)2·12H2O012
Aluminocopiapite  (*)Copiapite(Al,Mg)Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH,O)2·20H2O050
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O0272
Amarantite  (*)AmarantiteFe3+2O(SO4)2·7H2O022
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)01588
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Botryogen  (*)BotryogenMgFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·7H2O045
Butlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·2H2O026
Calamaite  (*)Not in a structural groupNa2TiO(SO4)2·2H2O01
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O0382
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O0136
Cuprocopiapite  (*)CopiapiteCu2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O012
Ferricopiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe3+0.67Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O041
Ferrinatrite  (*)NoneNa3Fe3+(SO4)3·3H2O025
Fibroferrite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O0107
Goldichite  (*)NoneKFe3+(SO4)2·4H2O012
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O0409
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Krausite  (*)NoneKFe3+(SO4)2·H2O021
Lesukite  (*)NoneAl2(OH)5Cl·2H2O010
Magnesiocopiapite  (*)CopiapiteMgFe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O054
Magnesiovoltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Mg5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O02
Metahohmannite  (*)AmarantiteFe3+2O(SO4)2·4H2O09
Metavoltine  (*)MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12·18H2O078
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)60254
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Parabutlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·2H2O023
Paracoquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteFe3+4(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O030
Pertlikite  (*)VoltaiteK2(Fe2+,Mg)2(Mg,Fe3+)4Fe3+2Al(SO4)12·18H2O04
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O0265
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Quenstedtite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+2(SO4)3·11H2O017
Rhomboclase  (*)Not in a structural group(H5O2)Fe3+(SO4)2·2H2O053
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O0115
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Sideronatrite  (*)NoneNa2Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)·3H2O073
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O0139
Tamarugite  (*)TamarugiteNaAl(SO4)2·6H2O087
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O0111
Yavapaiite  (*)NoneKFe3+(SO4)208


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R110210Alcaparrosa Mine, Cerritos Bayos, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R110210
R060721Alcaparrosa Mine, Cerritos Bayos, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R060721
R170042Alcaparrosa Mine, Cerritos Bayos, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R170042
R110211Alcaparrosa Mine, Cerritos Bayos, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R110211
R110209Alcaparrosa Mine, Cerritos Bayos, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R110209
R070507Alcaparrosa Mine, Cerritos Bayos, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R070507

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