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Locality Name:
Sierra Bolsico Area, Vallenar, Huasco Province, Atacama, Chile


mindat Locality ID: 195095
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195095.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sierra Bolsico Area, Vallenar, Huasco Province, Atacama, Chile": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Esperanza Mine
Estrella Mine (La Estrella Mine)
Mi Fiel Rosita 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: Al C Ca Cl Cu H O P S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AtacamiteCyanotrichiteDevillineKtenasiteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzTetrahedriteVeszelyite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Atacamite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Orthoserpierite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)
Serpierite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Veszelyite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3136474544
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6136475919
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O13647588
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O236473,364742970
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1364751689
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2236473,3647412537
Orthoserpierite  (*)NoneCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O13647540
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2236473,3647461156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2136475454
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O136475142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O136475292
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131364735317
Veszelyite  (*)Veszelyite(Cu,Zn)2Zn(PO4)(OH)3·2H2O13647520


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060793Mi Fiel Rosita Mine, Sierra Bolsico Area, Vallenar, Huasco Province, Atacama, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R060793

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