Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Tocopilla District, Tocopilla Province, Antofagasta, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 193147
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193147.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tocopilla District, Tocopilla Province, Antofagasta, Chile": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cobija Meteorite
Minita-Despreciada Cu Deposit
Santa Ana Mine (Chapacase Mine)

Latitude: 22°27'13"S
Longitude: 70°2'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.453611111111,-70.0375

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Fornacite	Iranite	Iron
Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Palmierite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Spinel

Actinolite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Boleite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caracolite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Darapskite ()*
Fornacite ()*	Galena ()*	Glauberite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Humberstonite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iranite ()*	Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Mottramite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Nitratine ()*	Opal ()*	Osarizawaite ()*
Palmierite ()*	Phoenicochroite ()*	Phosgenite ()*	Polyhalite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Taenite ()*	Thénardite ()*	Troilite ()*	Vanadinite ()*
Wulfenite ()*

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 Al As C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mo N Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Descloizite Diaspore Fornacite Iranite Iron
Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Palmierite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite
Spinel

46 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	35930	3419
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	35931	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	35931	1588
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	35931	544
Boleite ()*	None	KAg₉Pb₂₆Cu₂₄Cl₆₂(OH)₄₈	1	35931	65
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	35930	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	35930,35931	27770
Caracolite ()*	Apatite	Na₂(Pb₂Na)(SO₄)₃Cl	1	35931	20
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	35931	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	35930,35931	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	35929	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	35931	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	35929	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	35931	4165
Darapskite ()*	None	Na₃(SO₄)(NO₃)·H₂O	1	35931	31
Fornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	1	35931	85
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	35931	24243
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	1	35931	137
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	35931	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	35929,35930,35931	14640
Humberstonite ()*	None	K₃Na₇Mg₂(SO₄)₆(NO₃)₂·6H₂O	1	35931	11
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	35929	5433
Iranite ()*	Iranite	CuPb₁₀(CrO₄)₆(SiO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	35931	11
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	35929	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	1	35929	191
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	35931	2228
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	35929,35930	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	35931	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	35931	1107
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	35931	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	35931	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	35931	128
Nitratine ()*	Calcite	Na(NO₃)	1	35931	91
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	35931	2994
Osarizawaite ()*	Alunite	Pb(Al₂Cu²⁺)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	35931	64
Palmierite ()*	Palmierite	K₂Pb(SO₄)₂	1	35931	8
Phoenicochroite ()*	None	Pb₂O(CrO₄)	1	35931	35
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	1	35931	142
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	1	35931	102
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	35930,35931	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	35930,35931	61156
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	35929	703
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	1	35931	299
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	35929	1044
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	35931	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	35931	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060781	Santa Ana Mine (Chapacase Mine), Tocopilla District, Tocopilla Province, Antofagasta, Chile	https://rruff.info/R060781
R050164	Santa Ana Mine (Chapacase Mine), Tocopilla District, Tocopilla Province, Antofagasta, Chile	https://rruff.info/R050164
R050149	Santa Ana Mine (Chapacase Mine), Tocopilla District, Tocopilla Province, Antofagasta, Chile	https://rruff.info/R050149

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