Mineral Evolution Database
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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.


Locality Name:
Paposo, Reventon District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile


mindat Locality ID: 650
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-650.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paposo, Reventon District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Brilladora Mine
Yumbes Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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: Ca Cl Cu H I N Na O Pb S 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cl Cu H I O Pb S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AtacamiteBrochantiteCalciteNoneRocksalt

6 IMA Minerals at location:
Atacamite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Halite  (*)Lautarite  (*)Nitratine  (*)
Schwartzembergite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3135627544
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1356281398
Lautarite  (*)NoneCa(IO3)21356282
Nitratine  (*)CalciteNa(NO3)13562891
Schwartzembergite  (*)NonePb2+5H2I3+O6Cl3021



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050153Paposo, Reventon District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R050153


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