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Locality Name:
San Antonio District, La Serena, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, Chile


mindat Locality ID: 207696
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207696.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Antonio District, La Serena, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, Chile": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Fortuna 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 Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteMicaNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Antlerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4136580246
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21365805509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41365805516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61365801633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1365805707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213658027198
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1365802970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O01271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413658014899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213658039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482


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