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Locality Name:
Huasco Province, Atacama, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 32

mindat Locality ID: 662
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-662.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Huasco Province, Atacama, Chile": 80
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 58

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Alto Del Carmen
Boquerón District
Carrizal Alto District
Carrizalillo District
Carrizo District
El Capote District
El Orito District
Freirina
Germán Riesco District
Huasco
Las Cañas District
Los Colorados District
Ratones District
Sierra Totorita
Tunas District
Vallenar
Vizcachas District

Latitude: 28°44'20"S
Longitude: 70°7'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.738888888889,-70.126388888889
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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H I K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Te Ti U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyrite
ArthuriteAtacamiteAutuniteBaryteBournoniteBrochantiteBrookiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyrite
ClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCoquimbiteCorundumCovelliteCristobaliteCyanotrichiteDevilline
DiasporeDigeniteEnargiteEpidoteFairfielditeFeldsparFluoriteKaoliniteKieseriteKtenasite
LöllingiteMalachiteMarcasiteMeloniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskite
PolybasitePseudobrookitePyritePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSkutterudite
SphaleriteSpinelStibniteSulphurTetrahedriteTitaniteTurquoiseVeszelyiteVivianiteVoltaite
WurtziteXanthoconite

122 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Argentotennantite-(Zn)  (*)
Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Arthurite  (*)Asbolane  (*)Atacamite  (*)
Augite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Brookite  (*)
Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)Carrollite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)Coquimbite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cuprotungstite  (*)
Diaspore  (*)Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dioptase  (*)
Djurleite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Galena  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Goldfieldite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Heterogenite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Jordisite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Libethenite  (*)
Lindgrenite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mansfieldite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Molybdite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickeltalmessite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Opal  (*)
Orthoserpierite  (*)Paratacamite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pseudobrookite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rammelsbergite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)
Serpierite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Svanbergite  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)Talmessite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Uraninite  (*)Veszelyite  (*)
Voltaite  (*)Walthierite  (*)Woodhouseite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Xanthoconite  (*)
Zeunerite  (*)Zunyite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S336455,36459,364602793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2936402,36408,36410,36411,36412,36413,36414,36415,364493419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)236402,364498803
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)63532236404,36406966
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1364062734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)35321364041588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21364093092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O136438445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1364373250
Argentotennantite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteAg6(Cu4Zn2)As4S1313641914
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs336419,36420,36421379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1036406,36411,36412,36413,36414,36415,36416,36419,36422,364249052
Arthurite  (*)ArthuriteCuFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O13643235
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O336439,36441,36453143
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)36662736414,36417,36451,36464,36465,36466,36474544
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61364112060
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6136475919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2336446,36447,364715509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)336406,36458,3646011547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1364241966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3336424,36427,364281935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS46632636404,36411,36415,36424,36428,364655516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31364191089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6436451,36469,36470,364711633
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2236434,36435700
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2136406361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2836409,36410,36413,36417,36419,36420,36421,36424,36426,36428,36434,36435,36437,36441,36444,36445,36446,36447,36453,36455,36458,36460,36461,36469,36470,36476,36478,3647927770
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O13647588
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S4236409,36410154
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21364065171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)436444,36445,36446,364474979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O236406,36471925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3532536404,36412,36424,36427,364285707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS266322536402,36403,36404,36406,36410,36411,36412,36413,36414,36415,36416,36417,36419,36422,36424,36425,36426,36427,36428,36449,36451,36461,36465,36471,3647627198
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl236402,36449203
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl436406,36455,36458,364781382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O6632836404,36417,36424,36431,36435,36451,36465,364713531
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS836410,36411,36413,36414,36415,36441,36442,36453966
Copper  (*)CopperCu536424,36428,36431,36438,364393846
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O136406136
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS3532636404,36406,36424,36425,36427,364284165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6136432310
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2136406453
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O6662636412,36413,36432,36465,36473,364742970
Cuprotungstite  (*)NoneCu2+3(WO4)2(OH)213647667
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)3532236404,36406481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43532236404,36406651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S236411,364141027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61364494135
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O136471164
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16336409,36410,36414300
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4136406910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)6662436411,36415,36416,364658173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O636411,36413,36432,36441,36453,36455814
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12136424663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1136406,36419,36421,36424,36425,36426,36427,36444,36445,36446,3644724243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS136442131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3532236404,364617437
Gold  (*)CopperAu436406,36417,36422,3642430554
Goldfieldite  (*)Tetrahedrite(Cu4   2)Cu6Te4S1313640672
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O366321236402,36404,36406,36417,36419,36422,36444,36445,36447,36449,36461,3646514640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1364751689
Heterogenite  (*)NoneCo3+O(OH)336439,36441,36453111
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3236434,364355433
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI136406180
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)66632336404,36406,364652228
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS2236410,36411102
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43532336404,36406,364215591
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O136432149
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)136432234
Lindgrenite  (*)NoneCu3(Mo6+O4)2(OH)213646121
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4136410249
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2436439,36441,36453,36459762
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1364191487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O466321236402,36403,36404,36408,36410,36411,36412,36414,36416,36417,36449,3646514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)266321336404,36411,36412,36414,36415,36416,36417,36432,36444,36446,36465,36473,3647412537
Mansfieldite  (*)NoneAl(AsO4)·2H2O13643242
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21364595674
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1364581107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS26632836404,36410,36411,36461,36465,36469,36470,364715800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO3136413140
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)26632536404,36417,36422,36461,3646517380
Nickeltalmessite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Ni(AsO4)2·2H2O66621364562
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)136432492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1364062994
Orthoserpierite  (*)NoneCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O13647540
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)6136466158
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]136419716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3436419,36455,36459,36479733
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Fe3+2Ti)O5136435164
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3436419,36459,36478,364791425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS266322336402,36404,36406,36410,36411,36412,36413,36415,36416,36417,36419,36422,36424,36425,36426,36428,36449,36451,36459,36461,36465,36471,3647639462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)23532236404,36406771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8336410,36413,364149056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22636402,36406,36412,36413,36417,36420,36421,36422,36424,36426,36428,36434,36435,36439,36441,36444,36445,36446,36447,36449,36451,36458,36461,36473,36474,3647661156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2136419233
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2136475454
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2236434,364355614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)436469,36470,36471,364764894
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O136475142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O136475292
Silver  (*)CopperAg836419,36420,36421,36458,36459,36460,36478,364795186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3136459531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1036419,36420,36421,36424,36425,36426,36427,36445,36446,3644721482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3236406,364193418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1364062045
Svanbergite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6136406105
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O136406139
Talmessite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(AsO4)2·2H2O13643746
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S133532536404,36424,36425,36427,364281803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131236410,36413,36415,36416,36419,36424,36425,36426,36427,36428,36455,364735317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O436402,36424,36435,364494899
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O3532136404484
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2336410,36413,364152718
Veszelyite  (*)Veszelyite(Cu,Zn)2Zn(PO4)(OH)3·2H2O13647520
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O136406111
Walthierite  (*)AluniteBa0.5Al3(SO4)2(OH)61364064
Woodhouseite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)613640662
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4236464,364681655
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS313645989
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O136435185
Zunyite  (*)NoneAl13Si5O20(OH,F)18Cl3532236404,3640686


2 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
PorphCu-00294353235–32      Alunite, Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Diaspore, Dickite, Goethite, Hematite, Jarosite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Turquoise, ZunyiteCu205857La Fortuna Prospect (El Morro Prospect), Alto Del Carmen, Huasco Province, Atacama, ChileLa FortunaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-00324666264±2      Atacamite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Epidote, Hematite, Jarosite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, PyriteCu205952Relincho Property, Vallenar, Huasco Province, Atacama, ChileRelinchoSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060793Mi Fiel Rosita Mine, Sierra Bolsico Area, Vallenar, Huasco Province, Atacama, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R060793

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