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Locality Name:
Punta Blanca Area, Tocopilla Province, Antofagasta, Chile


mindat Locality ID: 207710
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207710.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Punta Blanca Area, Tocopilla Province, Antofagasta, Chile": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Buena Esperanza Mine
Mantos De La Luna Cu-(Ag) Deposit

Latitude: 22°15'17"S
Longitude: 70°8'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.254722222222,-70.145555555556
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 Fe H O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAtacamiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDigenite
EpidoteGypsumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSpinel

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Atacamite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Epidote  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Maghemite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3235920,35921544
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4235920,359215516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61359201633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)235920,3592127770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S235920,359215707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2235920,3592127198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O235920,359213531
Copper  (*)CopperCu235920,359213846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1359214165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O235920,359212970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S235920,359211027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16135920300
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1359208173
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O235920,359216890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3235920,3592114640
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O4235920,35921229
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4235920,3592114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)213592112537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2235920,3592139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2235920,3592161156


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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