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Locality Name:
Carrera Pinto, Cachiyuyo De Llampos District, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile


mindat Locality ID: 188237
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188237.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carrera Pinto, Cachiyuyo De Llampos District, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
San Samuel Mine ("San Manuel Mine")
Sierra Valiente
Viva Chile Mine

Latitude: 27°4'28"S
Longitude: 69°59'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.074444444444,-69.991944444444
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 B Ba Br C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg I K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicBaryteBrochantite
BrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteDescloiziteGypsum
LinariteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteSulphurTourmalineTurquoiseWurtzite

53 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Antimony  (*)Antlerite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Brochantite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Copper  (*)
Corkite  (*)Cornetite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Djurleite  (*)Dravite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Huenite  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Libethenite  (*)Linarite  (*)Lindgrenite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Perroudite  (*)Powellite  (*)
Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Turquoise  (*)Valentinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21360802162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1360802734
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb136082363
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4136080246
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21360805509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)13608011547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61360801633
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2136080700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)236080,3608227770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1360804979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2236080,3608327198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl1360801382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O236080,360833531
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)136080363
Copper  (*)CopperCu1360803846
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6136080151
Cornetite  (*)NoneCu3(PO4)(OH)313608026
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1360804165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16136080599
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1360802970
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16136080300
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)136080648
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1360802740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13608024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1360806890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3236080,3608314640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1360801689
Huenite  (*)NoneCu4(MoO4)3(OH)21360802
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI136080180
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61360832228
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)136080234
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2136080987
Lindgrenite  (*)NoneCu3(Mo6+O4)2(OH)213608021
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2236080,3608312537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2236080,360835800
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)236080,36083362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213608017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1360802994
Perroudite  (*)NoneAg4Hg5S5(I,Br)2Cl213608023
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)136080494
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4136080369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2236080,3608339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2336080,36082,3608361156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2136080454
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2236080,360835614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1360836417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1360802473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13608021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31360823418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1360822045
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O136080484
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3136082369
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4236080,360831655


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060241San Samuel Mine ("San Manuel Mine"), Carrera Pinto, Cachiyuyo De Llampos District, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R060241

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