Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Caleta Vítor District, Arica Province, Arica And Parinacota, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 196008
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-196008.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Caleta Vítor District, Arica Province, Arica And Parinacota, Chile": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Maria Mine
Santo Domingo Mine

Latitude: 18°45'51"S
Longitude: 70°18'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.764166666667,-70.303888888889

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.

Atacamite	Chalcopyrite	None	Not in a structural group

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 Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Atacamite Chalcopyrite None Not in a structural group

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Anhydrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clinoatacamite ()*	Haydeeite ()*	Lesukite ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Tondiite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	2	35940,35941	1588
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	2	35940,35941	544
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	35941	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	35941	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	35941	27198
Clinoatacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	35941	43
Haydeeite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃Mg(OH)₆Cl₂	1	35941	3
Lesukite ()*	None	Al₂(OH)₅Cl·2H₂O	1	35940	10
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	1	35940	158
Tondiite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃MgCl₂(OH)₆	2	35940,35941	3

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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