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


mindat Locality ID: 196006
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-196006.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gatico District, Tocopilla Province, Antofagasta, Chile": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Santo Domingo Mine
Velarde-Toldo 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 As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Si Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleAtacamiteCalciteChalcopyriteConnelliteCorundumCovelliteMalachiteMixite
MolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSpinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Agardite-(Y)  (*)Atacamite  (*)Bornite  (*)Botallackite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Connellite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cumengeite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)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)21359073419
Agardite-(Y)  (*)MixiteYCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O13590690
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3235906,35907544
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41359075516
Botallackite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)313590649
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13590727770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1359075707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213590727198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1359073531
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O135906295
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1359074165
Cumengeite  (*)NonePb21Cu20Cl42(OH)40·6H2O13590643
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1359062970
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313590714640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413590714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)213590612537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21359075800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213590739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213590761156


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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