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Locality Name:
Barranca Del Sulfato, Mejillones Peninsula, Mejillones, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile


mindat Locality ID: 217515
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217515.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Barranca Del Sulfato, Mejillones Peninsula, Mejillones, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 23°7'19"S
Longitude: 70°30'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.121944444444,-70.508888888889
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 K Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Na O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAtacamiteCalciteChalcanthiteCopiapiteCoquimbiteCorundumGypsumKieseriteMetavoltine
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRoseliteRömeriteSulphurTamarugite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Amarillite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Butlerite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Clinoatacamite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Coquimbite  (*)Cuprocopiapite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kröhnkite  (*)
Lesukite  (*)Metasideronatrite  (*)Metavoltine  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Parabutlerite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Quenstedtite  (*)Rhomboclase  (*)Römerite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Sideronatrite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Amarillite  (*)TamarugiteNaFe3+(SO4)2·6H2O06
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)01588
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)30544
Butlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·2H2O026
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O0925
Clinoatacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3043
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O0382
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O0136
Cuprocopiapite  (*)CopiapiteCu2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O012
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl01398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Kröhnkite  (*)RoseliteNa2Cu(SO4)2·2H2O027
Lesukite  (*)NoneAl2(OH)5Cl·2H2O010
Metasideronatrite  (*)NoneNa2Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)·H2O028
Metavoltine  (*)MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12·18H2O078
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)60254
Parabutlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·2H2O023
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Quenstedtite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+2(SO4)3·11H2O017
Rhomboclase  (*)Not in a structural group(H5O2)Fe3+(SO4)2·2H2O053
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O0115
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Sideronatrite  (*)NoneNa2Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)·3H2O073
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O0139


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