Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Iquique, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 131777
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131777.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iquique, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Puerta Patillos
Unnamed Prospect

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

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.

Arcanite	Atacamite	None	Rocksalt

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 Cl Cu F H K Mg N Na O P Pb S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arcanite Atacamite None Rocksalt

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Arcanite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Bideauxite ()*	Boleite ()*	Dittmarite ()*
Halite ()*	Salammoniac ()*	Stercorite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arcanite ()*	Arcanite	K₂(SO₄)	1	36814	30
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	36815	544
Bideauxite ()*	None	AgPb₂F₂Cl₃	1	36815	2
Boleite ()*	None	KAg₉Pb₂₆Cu₂₄Cl₆₂(OH)₄₈	1	36815	65
Dittmarite ()*	None	(NH₄)Mg(PO₄)·H₂O	1	36814	7
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	36814	1398
Salammoniac ()*	None	(NH₄)Cl	1	36814	105
Stercorite ()*	None	(NH₄)Na(PO₃OH)·4H₂O	1	36814	6

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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