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Locality Name:
Tarapacá, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 359
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 685
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-685.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tarapacá, Chile": 97
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 73

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Cerro De Challocallo
Cerro Verde
El Tamarugal Province
Iquique Province

Latitude: 20°23'21"S
Longitude: 69°37'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.389166666667,-69.621388888889
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 B Ba Br C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg I K Mg Mn Mo N Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Sr Ti U V Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAlluauditeAluniteAmarantiteAmorphousAmphiboleAndalusiteApatite
AphthitaliteAragoniteArcaniteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteAtacamiteBaryteBlöditeBotryogen
BrochantiteBurbankiteCalciteCaledoniteCeriteChalcanthiteChalcoalumiteChalcopyriteChloriteClay
ClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteCuatrocapaiteCubaniteCyanotrichiteDescloizite
DevillineDiasporeDigeniteDufréniteEnargiteEpidoteEpsomiteFairfielditeFeldsparFluckite
FluoriteGajardoiteGarnetGermaniteGypsumHalotrichiteHureauliteKaoliniteKhademiteKoritnigite
LöllingiteLeucophosphiteLinariteLindackeriteLucabindiiteMalachiteMarcasiteMatlockiteMicaMolybdenite
NatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOxalatePharmacosideritePhenakitePhosphofibritePolybasitePrehnite
PyritePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRhabdophaneRocksaltRoseliteRutileScheeliteSerpentine
Smectite-vermiculiteSpangoliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteSulphurTamarugiteTengeriteTetrahedrite
ThomsoniteTurquoiseTyroliteVivianiteWollastoniteWurtzite

257 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Akaganeite  (*)Alamosite  (*)Albite  (*)
Alunite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Amarantite  (*)Amarillite  (*)Ammineite  (*)
Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Anorthite  (*)
Antipinite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Apjohnite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arcanite  (*)
Argentopyrite  (*)Argentotennantite-(Zn)  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Arzrunite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bassanite  (*)
Bideauxite  (*)Blödite  (*)Boleite  (*)Bornite  (*)Botryogen  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Brüggenite  (*)Butlerite  (*)Cadwaladerite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Camanchacaite  (*)Canutite  (*)Caracolite  (*)
Carlosruizite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Ceruleite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcoalumite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalconatronite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chalcosiderite  (*)Challacolloite  (*)Chanabayaite  (*)Chinchorroite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Chongite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Chudobaite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Claudetite  (*)
Clinoatacamite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Colusite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)
Copper  (*)Corundum  (*)Cotunnite  (*)Covellite  (*)Creaseyite  (*)
Cuatrocapaite-(K)  (*)Cuatrocapaite-(NH4)  (*)Cuprite  (*)Currierite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)
Darapskite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Diaphorite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Dickite  (*)
Dietzeite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dittmarite  (*)Djurleite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)Espadaite  (*)
Eugsterite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Ferrinatrite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Fraipontite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)Fuenzalidaite  (*)Gajardoite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gerhardtite  (*)Glauberite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Goldichite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hannayite  (*)
Haydeeite  (*)Hectorfloresite  (*)Hedegaardite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Herbertsmithite  (*)Hisingerite  (*)Hohmannite  (*)Hörnesite  (*)Huntite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Iquiqueite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Joanneumite  (*)
Juangodoyite  (*)Juansilvaite  (*)Jurbanite  (*)Kalsilite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Khademite  (*)Kimuraite-(Y)  (*)Kröhnkite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Lanarkite  (*)
Lavendulan  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)Leverettite  (*)Libethenite  (*)
Likasite  (*)Linarite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Lópezite  (*)Lucabindiite  (*)
Magnesiocanutite  (*)Magnesiofluckite  (*)Magnesiokoritnigite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Mahnertite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Mansfieldite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Marshite  (*)
Matlockite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)Mendozite  (*)Metahohmannite  (*)Metasideronatrite  (*)
Metatorbernite  (*)Meurigite-K  (*)Microcline  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mirabilite  (*)
Misenite  (*)Möhnite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nahcolite  (*)Natroalunite  (*)Natrodufrénite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Natropharmacoalumite  (*)Natropharmacosiderite  (*)Natroxalate  (*)Neotocite  (*)Newberyite  (*)
Niter  (*)Nitratine  (*)Olivenite  (*)Opal  (*)Parabutlerite  (*)
Pararsenolamprite  (*)Paratacamite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Phosgenite  (*)Picaite  (*)
Pickeringite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Probertite  (*)Pseudoboleite  (*)
Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Ríosecoite  (*)Rutile  (*)Salammoniac  (*)Sanrománite  (*)Santarosaite  (*)
Schreibersite  (*)Schwartzembergite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Seeligerite  (*)Serpierite  (*)
Shilovite  (*)Sideronatrite  (*)Silver  (*)Spangolite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stannite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stercorite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Strengite  (*)
Stromeyerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Talmessite  (*)Tamarugite  (*)Tarapacáite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thénardite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)
Todorokite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Torrecillasite  (*)Triazolite  (*)Trona  (*)
Turquoise  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Uklonskovite  (*)Ulexite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)
Weddellite  (*)Wendwilsonite  (*)Whewellite  (*)Willemite  (*)Witzkeite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S3331536753,36779,36781,36824,368252793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)238341367553419
Akaganeite  (*)Coronadite(Fe3+,Ni2+)8(OH,O)16Cl1.25·nH2O17414513682363
Alamosite  (*)Not in a structural groupPbSiO313683017
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3590536747,36748,36755,36785,368098803
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)652.431736747,36748,36749,36752,36755,36785,36797966
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O3834236755,36777272
Amarantite  (*)AmarantiteFe3+2O(SO4)2·7H2O13677722
Amarillite  (*)TamarugiteNaFe3+(SO4)2·6H2O1367776
Ammineite  (*)Not in a structural groupCuCl2·2NH3001368093
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO552.434236755,367851310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31741451368231534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)336739,36780,367982734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)17434536755,36777,36819,36823,368291588
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)35901368091036
Antipinite  (*)Not in a structural group OxalateKNa3Cu2(C2O4)4001368091
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)452.451.2136785246
Apjohnite  (*)HalotrichiteMn2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O13677728
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)17434236755,368293250
Arcanite  (*)ArcaniteK2(SO4)13681430
Argentopyrite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S3333113675353
Argentotennantite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteAg6(Cu4Zn2)As4S1313678114
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs174145236801,36823379
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3174145136823231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS17458636767,36768,36781,36796,36823,368249052
Arzrunite  (*)NonePb2Cu4(SO4)(OH)4Cl6·2H2O1367382
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3359311836741,36749,36755,36760,36761,36765,36768,36785,36786,36790,36797,36806,36809,36815,36820,36822,36827,36829544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)217434436749,36755,36790,368295509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17434336739,36755,3682311547
Bassanite  (*)RhabdophaneCa(SO4)·0.5H2O13682282
Bideauxite  (*)NoneAgPb2F2Cl31368152
Blödite  (*)BlöditeNa2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O174145236772,36823130
Boleite  (*)NoneKAg9Pb26Cu24Cl62(OH)48536734,36737,36782,36815,3682765
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS45831836742,36747,36748,36752,36755,36765,36766,367965516
Botryogen  (*)BotryogenMgFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·7H2O13677745
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11136781843
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)652.431636737,36743,36749,36755,36761,367851633
Brüggenite  (*)NoneCa(IO3)2·H2O001368022
Butlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·2H2O13677726
Cadwaladerite  (*)NoneAl2(H2O)(OH)4·n(Cl,OH-,H2O)1367772
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)174341036748,36755,36793,36796,36798,36801,36806,36823,36825,3682927770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6236737,36780359
Camanchacaite  (*)AlluauditeNa   CaMg2(AsO4)2[AsO2(OH)2]1741451368231
Canutite  (*)AlluauditeNa   MnMn2(AsO4)[AsO3(OH)]21741451368231
Caracolite  (*)ApatiteNa2(Pb2Na)(SO4)3Cl236738,3673920
Carlosruizite  (*)NoneK3Na2Na3Mg5(IO3)6(SeO4)6·6H2O52.40236783,368022
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O1741451368191184
Ceruleite  (*)NoneCuAl4(AsO4)2(OH)8(H2O)4333113675219
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)236739,367964979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O52.434336749,36755,36785925
Chalcoalumite  (*)ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O3590236749,3680991
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S174311436747,36748,36749,36752,36755,36760,36765,36768,36785,36790,36793,36797,36820,368245707
Chalconatronite  (*)NoneNa2Cu(CO3)2·3H2O17410013682923
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O174145136823197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2359312036742,36747,36748,36749,36753,36755,36765,36766,36767,36768,36781,36785,36790,36796,36797,36798,36806,36809,36823,3682427198
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O52.434236755,3678577
Challacolloite  (*)NoneKPb2Cl51367397
Chanabayaite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2Cl(N3C2H2)2(NH3,Cl,H2O,   )4001368091
Chinchorroite  (*)Not in a structural groupNa2Mg5(As2O7)2(AsO3OH)2(H2O)101741451368231
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl436739,36780,36824,368251382
Chongite  (*)HureauliteCa3Mg2(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2·4H2O1741451368233
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O174312136735,36746,36748,36749,36754,36755,36760,36765,36766,36768,36776,36785,36790,36797,36798,36801,36806,36811,36820,36828,368293531
Chudobaite  (*)LindackeriteMg5(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2·10H2O1741451368232
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1741451368232600
Claudetite  (*)NoneAs2O317414513682335
Clinoatacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)317414513682343
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)835901368091756
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS136779966
Colusite  (*)Sphalerite GermaniteCu13VAs3S163331336743,36747,36752110
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)35.531136743363
Copper  (*)CopperCu3834536748,36755,36760,36808,368303846
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O338341367551797
Cotunnite  (*)NonePbCl2236737,3673954
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS17431736747,36748,36755,36768,36785,36797,368244165
Creaseyite  (*)NoneCu2Pb2Fe3+2Si5O17·6H2O13677627
Cuatrocapaite-(K)  (*)CuatrocapaiteK3(NaMg   )(As2O3)6Cl6·16H2O1741451368231
Cuatrocapaite-(NH4)  (*)Cuatrocapaite(NH4)3(NaMg   )(As2O3)6Cl6·16H2O1741451368231
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O52.431436748,36755,36785,367972970
Currierite  (*)NoneNa4Ca3MgAl4(AsO3OH)12·9H2O1741451368231
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)23634136749179
Darapskite  (*)NoneNa3(SO4)(NO3)·H2O3590436759,36772,36802,3680931
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)136780378
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S8136781126
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)52.451.2136785481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)435.531336747,36748,36752651
Dietzeite  (*)NoneCa2(IO3)2(CrO4)·H2O001368024
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S3831236743,367551027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O63331236747,368304135
Dittmarite  (*)None(NH4)Mg(PO4)·H2O3590236809,368147
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S163834136755300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21741001368299895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS417431536742,36747,36748,36752,36824910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)35931736738,36747,36749,36752,36755,36809,368238173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O136770484
Espadaite  (*)Not in a structural groupNa4Ca3Mg2[AsO3(OH)]2[AsO2(OH)2]10(H2O)6·H2O1741451368231
Eugsterite  (*)NoneNa4Ca(SO4)3·2H2O359013680932
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O3631236749,36751345
Ferrinatrite  (*)NoneNa3Fe3+(SO4)3·3H2O17414513682325
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F38341367552740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21367399617
Fraipontite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)413673949
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12136781663
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS3136781105
Fuenzalidaite  (*)NoneK3Na5Mg5(IO3)6(SO4)6·6H2O236784,367874
Gajardoite  (*)GajardoiteKCa0.5As3+4O6Cl2·5H2O1741451368231
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS58311436743,36753,36767,36779,36780,36781,36795,36796,36798,36800,36801,36808,36825,3683024243
Gerhardtite  (*)NoneCu2(NO3)(OH)3383413675524
Glauberite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(SO4)2174145536739,36772,36777,36780,36823137
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)17434236755,368237437
Gold  (*)CopperAu3331336753,36806,3682030554
Goldichite  (*)NoneKFe3+(SO4)2·4H2O13677712
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O359100936749,36755,36777,36802,36805,36809,36822,36823,368296890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl3591451236772,36773,36777,36802,36805,36809,36814,36819,36821,36822,36823,368281398
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O136777409
Hannayite  (*)None(NH4)2Mg3(PO3OH)4·8H2O1368177
Haydeeite  (*)AtacamiteCu3Mg(OH)6Cl21368223
Hectorfloresite  (*)NoneNa9(IO3)(SO4)4236772,367844
Hedegaardite  (*)Cerite(Ca,Na)9(Ca,Na)Mg(PO4)6(PO3OH)1368182
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317434736739,36748,36755,36786,36806,36819,3682314640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1367391689
Herbertsmithite  (*)AtacamiteCu3Zn(OH)6Cl2336739,36780,3678921
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O3834136755144
Hohmannite  (*)AmarantiteFe3+2O(SO4)2·8H2O13677710
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O174145136823103
Huntite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaMg3(CO3)4359013680969
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O335901368095433
Iquiqueite  (*)NoneK3Na4Mg(CrO4)B24O39(OH)·12H2O001368022
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14236781,36801784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)617451.2236785,368232228
Joanneumite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu(C3N3O3H2)2(NH3)2001368091
Juangodoyite  (*)Not in a structural groupNa2Cu(CO3)21741001368292
Juansilvaite  (*)Not in a structural groupNa5Al3[AsO3(OH)]4[AsO2(OH)2]2(SO4)2·4H2O1741451368231
Jurbanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl(SO4)(OH)·5H2O1367777
Kalsilite  (*)NoneKAlSiO413683049
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)452.431536746,36748,36755,36781,367855591
Khademite  (*)KhademiteAl(SO4)F·5H2O13677715
Kimuraite-(Y)  (*)TengeriteCaY2(CO3)4·6H2O13677710
Kröhnkite  (*)RoseliteNa2Cu(SO4)2·2H2O383413675527
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)2136781234
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)13673897
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O174145136823149
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2136780265
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O3834136755110
Leverettite  (*)AtacamiteCu3CoCl2(OH)61741451368231
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)3834136755234
Likasite  (*)NoneCu3(NO3)(OH)5·2H2O383413675511
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2336761,36780,36789987
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2136779762
Lópezite  (*)NoneK2Cr2O700236757,368025
Lucabindiite  (*)Lucabindiite(K,NH4)As4O6(Cl,Br)1741451368234
Magnesiocanutite  (*)AlluauditeNa   MnMg2[AsO4]2[AsO2(OH)2]1741451368231
Magnesiofluckite  (*)FluckiteCaMg(AsO3OH)2(H2O)21741451368231
Magnesiokoritnigite  (*)KoritnigiteMg(AsO3OH)·H2O1741451368232
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O435931936747,36748,36749,36755,36785,36797,36806,36809,3682314899
Mahnertite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)Cu3(AsO4)2Cl·5H2O1741451368235
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217434536748,36755,36764,36806,3682912537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)174145136823770
Mansfieldite  (*)NoneAl(AsO4)·2H2O17414513682342
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21741451368235674
Marshite  (*)SphaleriteCuI13682712
Matlockite  (*)MatlockitePbClF13673729
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS83331336743,36747,3675292
Mendozite  (*)NoneNaAl(SO4)2·11H2O13677728
Metahohmannite  (*)AmarantiteFe3+2O(SO4)2·4H2O1367779
Metasideronatrite  (*)NoneNa2Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)·H2O174145236777,3682328
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O3834136755443
Meurigite-K  (*)PhosphofibriteKFe3+8(PO4)6(OH)7·6.5H2O383413675521
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)38341367554924
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl174100536739,36776,36780,36799,368291107
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O3590136809223
Misenite  (*)NoneK8(SO4)(SO3OH)61367774
Möhnite  (*)Aphthitalite(NH4)K2Na(SO4)2001368091
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS217431836747,36748,36749,36755,36785,36790,36797,368235800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O3834336748,36749,367551508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)258311236738,36747,36748,36749,36752,36755,36764,36781,36785,36790,36797,3680617380
Nahcolite  (*)NoneNaH(CO3)17410013682978
Natroalunite  (*)AluniteNaAl3(SO4)2(OH)617451.2236785,36823128
Natrodufrénite  (*)DufréniteNaFe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O383413675546
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6174145136823254
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O35901368091236
Natropharmacoalumite  (*)PharmacosideriteNaAl4(AsO4)3(OH)4·4H2O1741451368233
Natropharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteNaFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·4H2O17414513682313
Natroxalate  (*)OxalateNa2(C2O4)35901368094
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)3834136755186
Newberyite  (*)NoneMg(PO3OH)·3H2O359013680924
Niter  (*)NoneK(NO3)236784,36787181
Nitratine  (*)CalciteNa(NO3)3590736739,36772,36773,36784,36787,36802,3680991
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)3831236739,36741492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1367812994
Parabutlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·2H2O13677723
Pararsenolamprite  (*)NoneAs1741451368232
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)6174145536739,36761,36786,36789,36823158
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)238341367552273
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl2136780142
Picaite  (*)Not in a structural groupNaCa[AsO3OH][AsO2(OH)2]1741451368231
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O136777265
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]3331236753,36781716
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)235901368091898
Probertite  (*)NoneNaCaB5O7(OH)4·3H2O0013680229
Pseudoboleite  (*)NonePb31Cu24Cl62(OH)4813673933
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)452.434236755,36785369
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31367811425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2359311836742,36747,36748,36749,36752,36753,36755,36766,36767,36781,36785,36790,36796,36797,36806,36809,36823,3682439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO238341367553106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1367761725
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)252.431536747,36748,36749,36752,36785771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81367819056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2359312436739,36747,36748,36751,36752,36753,36755,36765,36766,36767,36768,36776,36780,36781,36793,36796,36798,36799,36801,36806,36809,36820,36823,3683061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS174145136823712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)33311367531711
Ríosecoite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa2Mg(AsO3OH)3(H2O)21741451368231
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO217431336743,36755,368195614
Salammoniac  (*)None(NH4)Cl3590236809,36814105
Sanrománite  (*)BurbankiteNa2CaPb3(CO3)51741001368292
Santarosaite  (*)NoneCuB2O41741001368291
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P136758374
Schwartzembergite  (*)NonePb2+5H2I3+O6Cl313673921
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1741451368231153
Seeligerite  (*)NonePb3(IO4)Cl313673912
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O3634136749292
Shilovite  (*)NoneCu(NH3)4(NO3)2001368091
Sideronatrite  (*)NoneNa2Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)·3H2O174145236823,3682873
Silver  (*)CopperAg14531736753,36779,36793,36795,36800,36811,368245186
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O3634136749105
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17431936753,36755,36767,36781,36796,36798,36801,36823,3682421482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS43331136743668
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS43331236753,36781586
Stercorite  (*)None(NH4)Na(PO3OH)·4H2O1368146
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31741451368233418
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O3834136755263
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS136826332
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1741451368232045
Talmessite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(AsO4)2·2H2O17414513682346
Tamarugite  (*)TamarugiteNaAl(SO4)2·6H2O174145236777,3682387
Tarapacáite  (*)NoneK2(CrO4)001368024
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1352.431736742,36747,36748,36749,36785,36796,367981803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO38341367551101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1317431736753,36793,36796,36798,36801,36823,368245317
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)3590136809299
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O3590136809452
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O174145136823433
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O38341367551059
Torrecillasite  (*)Not in a structural groupNa(As,Sb)3+4O6Cl1741451368231
Triazolite  (*)NoneNaCu2(N3C2H2)2(NH3)2Cl3·4H2O35901368091
Trona  (*)NoneNa3(HCO3)(CO3)·2H2O174100136829129
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O52.451.2136785484
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O136828245
Uklonskovite  (*)NoneNaMg(SO4)F·2H2O1367397
Ulexite  (*)NoneNaCaB5O6(OH)6·5H2O3590236802,36803160
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl136780605
Weddellite  (*)OxalateCa(C2O4)·2H2O17414513681932
Wendwilsonite  (*)RoseliteCa2Mg(AsO4)2·2H2O1741451368238
Whewellite  (*)OxalateCa(C2O4)·H2O17414513681966
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4236739,36780303
Witzkeite  (*)Not in a structural groupNa4K4Ca(NO3)2(SO4)4·2H2O1368171
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31368301247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4174100536739,36776,36777,36798,368291655


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_500Silver bearing veins intrude fossiliferous limestone in the Coastal Cordillera of Iquique. Dioritic and andesitic dykes and sills form skarn, but the ore is primarily from the oxidized zone. Supergene and hypogene ore mineral assemblages have also been exploited.
Michelle_539Silver bearing veins intrude fossiliferous limestone in the Coastal Cordillera of Iquique. Dioritic and andesitic dykes and sills form skarn, but the ore is primarily from the oxidized zone. Supergene and hypogene ore mineral assemblages have also been exploited.
Michelle_726The mountain of Pabellón de Pica belongs to a belt of Late Paleozoic and Mesozoic igneous rocks stretching along the northern coast of Chile and bearing numerous bird guano deposits.


14 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-00147333133–31      Albite, Alunite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Dickite, Digenite, Enargite, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Rutile, StanniteCu39273Collahuasi Mine (Collaguasi Mine), Collahuasi District, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, ChileCollahuasiSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-0021035.534.435.2±0.3–34.7±0.3      Albite, Alunite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Enargite, Hematite, Kaolinite, Malachite, Montmorillonite, PyriteCu189175Ujina Deposit, Collahuasi Mine (Collaguasi Mine), Collahuasi District, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, ChileUjinaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-00299363436–34      Alunite, Atacamite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Epidote, Ferrimolybdite, Gypsum, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, PyrophylliteCu205862Copaquire Cu Deposit, Collahuasi District, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, ChileCopaquireSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-00209383438–34      Atacamite, Bornite, Chalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Epidote, Magnetite, Molybdenite, PyriteCu188053Quebrada Blanca Mine, Collahuasi District, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, ChileQuebrada BlancaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-00232585858      Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, PyriteCu196016Mocha District, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, ChileMochaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-0013852.451.251.8±0.6      Albite, Alunite, Antlerite, Atacamite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Jarosite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, TurquoiseCu108197Cerro Colorado Mine, Pozo Almonte, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, ChileCerro ColoradoSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-00569363636      Atacamite, Azurite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Molybdenite, PyriteCu207310Queen Elizabeth Cu Deposit, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, ChileQueen ElizabethSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-00231313131      Alunite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, PyriteCu195846La Planada Mine, Yabricoya District, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, ChileLa PlanadaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
Cr-0006800       Dietzeite, Iquiqueite, Lopezite, TarapacaiteCr692Zapiga, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile Ericksen et al. (1986) AM71_830 
Michelle_0019000 Age of mineralization    Ammineite, Joanneumite, Chanabayaite, Antipinite, Shilovite, Mohnite 192704Pabellón De Pica, Chanabaya, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, ChilePabellon de Pica guano depositBojar et al. (2010)10.3749/canmin.48.5.1359CM48_1359Degradation of chalcopyrite from host rock provides copper elements to form minerals with nitrogen and carbon rich guano
Michelle_72635966Late Paleozoic-Mesozoic Age of igneous rocks      192704Pabellón De Pica, Chanabaya, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, ChilePabellón de PicaChukanov et al. (2015)10.1180/minmag.2015.079.5.07MM79_1111The mountain of Pabellón de Pica belongs to a belt of Late Paleozoic and Mesozoic igneous rocks stretching along the northern coast of Chile and bearing numerous bird guano deposits.
MM77_3047-00001174145middle to late Jurassic      Leverettite 190910Torrecillas Mine, Salar Grande, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile Kampf et al. (2013)10.1180/minmag.2013.077.7.14MM77_3047 
Michelle_500174145Middle Jurassic, Late Jurassic Age of host formation      69589Santa Rosa Mine, Santa Rosa-Huantajaya District, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, ChileSanta Rosa MineMoreno and Gibbons (2007) BOOK_TGC_2007Age of fossiliferous limestone formation that hosts the Santa Rosa deposit.
Michelle_539145100Lower Cretaceous Age of volcanic and intrusive rocks     Ag69589Santa Rosa Mine, Santa Rosa-Huantajaya District, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, ChileSanta Rosa MineMoreno and Gibbons (2007) BOOK_TGC_2007Age of volcanic and intrusive rocks

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050394Tarapacá, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R050394
R060941Quebrada Blanca Mine, Collahuasi District, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R060941
R120155Pabellón De Pica, Chanabaya, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R120155
R120085Haydee Mine, Salar Grande, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R120085
R160009Torrecillas Mine, Salar Grande, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R160009
R060884Santa Rosa Mine, Santa Rosa-Huantajaya District, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R060884

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