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Locality Name:
Unnamed Cu Mine [1], Mejillones Peninsula, Mejillones, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile


mindat Locality ID: 304053
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-304053.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Unnamed Cu Mine [1], Mejillones Peninsula, Mejillones, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 23°6'55"S
Longitude: 70°29'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.115277777778,-70.499166666667
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 Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAtacamiteAubertiteBotryogenChalcopyriteCopiapiteCovelliteGypsumHalotrichiteKieserite
MolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupSulphurVoltaite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunogen  (*)Atacamite  (*)Aubertite  (*)Botryogen  (*)Butlerite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Covellite  (*)Destinezite  (*)Ferrinatrite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnesioaubertite  (*)Magnesiocopiapite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Parabutlerite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Quenstedtite  (*)
Sideronatrite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)Voltaite  (*)Xitieshanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O0272
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)30544
Aubertite  (*)AubertiteCu2+Al(SO4)2Cl·14H2O013
Botryogen  (*)BotryogenMgFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·7H2O045
Butlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·2H2O026
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O0382
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Destinezite  (*)NoneFe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·6H2O019
Ferrinatrite  (*)NoneNa3Fe3+(SO4)3·3H2O025
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O0409
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Magnesioaubertite  (*)AubertiteMgAl(SO4)2Cl·14H2O04
Magnesiocopiapite  (*)CopiapiteMgFe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O054
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)60254
Parabutlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·2H2O023
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O0265
Quenstedtite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+2(SO4)3·11H2O017
Sideronatrite  (*)NoneNa2Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)·3H2O073
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O0139
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O0111
Xitieshanite  (*)NoneFe3+(SO4)Cl·6H2O03


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