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Locality Name:
La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Las Pintadas District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 201
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 648
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-648.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Las Pintadas District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 27°35'25"S
Longitude: 70°21'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.590277777778,-70.35
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 Au C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmorphousAndalusiteApatiteAtacamiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
ClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDiasporeEpidoteGypsumKaoliniteNonePlancheitePyrite
QuartzSmectite-vermiculiteSpinel

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Atacamite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Copper  (*)Dioptase  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Opal  (*)
Paratacamite  (*)Plancheite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sampleite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)32011000544
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)620110001633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)201100027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2201100027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O20110003531
Copper  (*)CopperCu20110003846
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O2011000164
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)220110009895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)20110008173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F20110002740
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)20110007437
Gold  (*)CopperAu201100030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O20110006890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3201100014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)620110002228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)420110005591
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)2011000234
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4201100014899
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O20110001508
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O20110002994
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)62011000158
Plancheite  (*)PlancheiteCu8(Si4O11)2(OH)4·H2O201100074
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)42011000369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2201100039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2201100061156
Sampleite  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(PO4)4Cl·5H2O201100040


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
vms-00384201100Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous        648La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Las Pintadas District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, ChileFarola mineMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050098La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Las Pintadas District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R050098

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