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Locality Name:
Magallanes District, Estación Cerro Negro, Cerro Palestina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile


mindat Locality ID: 123051
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123051.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Magallanes District, Estación Cerro Negro, Cerro Palestina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Covadonga Mine
Magallanes Mine
Suerte Cuarta Mine
Suerte Primera Mine
Suerte Quinta Mine
Suerte Segunda Mine
Suerte Séptima Mine
Suerte Sexta Mine
Suerte Tercera Mine
Viente Cinco Vein

Latitude: 23°30'"S
Longitude: 69°28'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.5,-69.466666666667

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 C Cl Cr Cu H I O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteAtacamiteCopperMiniumNonePerovskiteQuartzRocksalt

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Atacamite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Diaboleite  (*)
Galena  (*)Herbertsmithite  (*)Massicot  (*)Minium  (*)Phoenicochroite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Schwartzembergite  (*)Seeligerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3135568544
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)535568,35569,35571,35573,355764979
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl1355691382
Copper  (*)CopperCu335570,35575,355763846
Diaboleite  (*)PerovskiteCuPb2Cl2(OH)4235568,3556957
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS835570,35571,35572,35573,35574,35575,35576,3557724243
Herbertsmithite  (*)AtacamiteCu3Zn(OH)6Cl2235568,3556921
Massicot  (*)NonePbO135576202
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4135576247
Phoenicochroite  (*)NonePb2O(CrO4)235568,3556935
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2435568,35569,35571,3557361156
Schwartzembergite  (*)NonePb2+5H2I3+O6Cl3335568,35569,3557721
Seeligerite  (*)NonePb3(IO4)Cl3235568,3556912



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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