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Locality Name:
Salitrosa-Porvenir District, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile


mindat Locality ID: 194163
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194163.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Salitrosa-Porvenir District, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bolaco Mine
Flamenco Mine
Flamenco Sur 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 Mg Ni O Se Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleArsenoliteAtacamiteCalciteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovellite
EpidoteMicaNoneQuartzSpinelVivianite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Epidote  (*)Eucairite  (*)Fischesserite  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Klockmannite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21360423419
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O136043445
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3136043231
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3136044544
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13604227770
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1360443531
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1360428173
Eucairite  (*)NoneCuAgSe13604354
Fischesserite  (*)NoneAg3AuSe213604324
Gold  (*)CopperAu13604430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313604414640
Klockmannite  (*)CovelliteCu5.2Se613604363
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413604214899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213604417380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2236042,3604461156


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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