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Locality Name:
Alto Del Carmen, Huasco Province, Atacama, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 35
Youngest recorded age at locality: 32

mindat Locality ID: 207697
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207697.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alto Del Carmen, Huasco Province, Atacama, Chile": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Cantarito Prospect
El Algarrobo Mine
El Negro Prospect
La Fortuna Prospect (El Morro Prospect)
La Marquesa Mine
Pascua Lama Project

Latitude: 28°58'41"S
Longitude: 69°57'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.978055555556,-69.953055555556

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Copper	Coquimbite	Corundum	Covellite	Cristobalite	Diaspore	Enargite	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Kieserite
Malachite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Turquoise	Voltaite	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Coquimbite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Diaspore ()*
Dickite ()*	Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Goldfieldite ()*	Hematite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Svanbergite ()*	Szomolnokite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Titanite ()*	Turquoise ()*
Voltaite ()*	Walthierite ()*	Woodhouseite ()*	Zunyite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H I K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Te Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Arsenopyrite Baryte Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay
Copper Coquimbite Corundum Covellite Cristobalite Diaspore Enargite Feldspar Kaolinite Kieserite
Malachite Melonite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Spinel Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Titanite Turquoise Voltaite Wurtzite

49 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	36402	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	36402	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	35	32	2	36404,36406	966
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	36406	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	35	32	1	36404	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	36406	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	36406	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	35	32	1	36404	5516
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂			1	36406	361
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	36406	5171
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	36406	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	35	32	1	36404	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	35	32	4	36402,36403,36404,36406	27198
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	36402	203
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			1	36406	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	35	32	1	36404	3531
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O			1	36406	136
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	35	32	2	36404,36406	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂			1	36406	453
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	35	32	2	36404,36406	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	35	32	2	36404,36406	651
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄			1	36406	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	36406	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	35	32	1	36404	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	36406	30554
Goldfieldite ()*	Tetrahedrite	(Cu₄ ₂)Cu₆Te₄S₁₃			1	36406	72
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	35	32	3	36402,36404,36406	14640
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI			1	36406	180
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	35	32	2	36404,36406	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	35	32	2	36404,36406	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	35	32	3	36402,36403,36404	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	35	32	1	36404	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	35	32	1	36404	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	35	32	1	36404	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	36406	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	35	32	3	36402,36404,36406	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	35	32	2	36404,36406	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	36402,36406	61156
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	36406	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	36406	2045
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆			1	36406	105
Szomolnokite ()*	Kieserite	Fe(SO₄)·H₂O			1	36406	139
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	35	32	1	36404	1803
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	36402	4899
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	35	32	1	36404	484
Voltaite ()*	Voltaite	K₂Fe²⁺₅Fe³⁺₃Al(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O			1	36406	111
Walthierite ()*	Alunite	Ba_0.5Al₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	36406	4
Woodhouseite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆			1	36406	62
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	35	32	2	36404,36406	86

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00294	35	32	35–32									Alunite, Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Diaspore, Dickite, Goethite, Hematite, Jarosite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Turquoise, Zunyite	Cu	205857	La Fortuna Prospect (El Morro Prospect), Alto Del Carmen, Huasco Province, Atacama, Chile	La Fortuna	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

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