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Locality Name:
Freirina, Huasco Province, Atacama, Chile


mindat Locality ID: 188397
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188397.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Freirina, Huasco Province, Atacama, Chile": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
El Morado District
La Blanco Mine (Blanca Mine)
Sierra La Totora District
Sierra Perdices

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: Al As C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na Ni O P Si Ti U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAndalusiteAragoniteArthuriteAutuniteBrookiteCalciteCopperCorundum
FairfielditeLöllingiteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPseudobrookiteQuartzRutileTitaniteVivianite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arthurite  (*)Asbolane  (*)Brookite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Crandallite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Heterogenite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Libethenite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mansfieldite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Pseudobrookite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Talmessite  (*)Titanite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O136438445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1364373250
Arthurite  (*)ArthuriteCuFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O13643235
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O136439143
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2236434,36435700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)336434,36435,3643727770
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O236431,364353531
Copper  (*)CopperCu336431,36438,364393846
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6136432310
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1364322970
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O136432814
Heterogenite  (*)NoneCo3+O(OH)136439111
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3236434,364355433
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O136432149
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)136432234
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2136439762
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)213643212537
Mansfieldite  (*)NoneAl(AsO4)·2H2O13643242
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)136432492
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Fe3+2Ti)O5136435164
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2336434,36435,3643961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2236434,364355614
Talmessite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(AsO4)2·2H2O13643746
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1364354899
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O136435185


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