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Locality Name:
Siete Vetas District, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile


mindat Locality ID: 194158
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194158.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Siete Vetas District, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Abundancia Mine
El Carmen Mine
Mantos Mostazal Mine
Nano Mine
Sierra Chinchilla Tres 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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneArsenopyriteAtacamiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundum
MicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1360502793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1360512734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1360529052
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3136052544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2236052,360535509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)236052,3605327770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1360515707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213605127198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O436050,36051,36052,360533531
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O136053345
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS236051,3605424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu336050,36051,3605430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3436050,36051,36053,3605414640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413605314899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21360545800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2336050,36053,3605417380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213605139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2536050,36051,36052,36053,3605461156
Silver  (*)CopperAg236050,360525186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS236051,3605421482


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