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Locality Name:
San José Mine, Caldera, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile


mindat Locality ID: 221153
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221153.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San José Mine, Caldera, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 27°9'36"S
Longitude: 70°29'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.16,-70.496666666667
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 Au C Ca Cl Cu H O S Si V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Cl Cu H O S Si V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAtacamiteCalciteCopperMalachiteNoneQuartzVolborthite

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Atacamite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Gold  (*)
Malachite  (*)Quartz  (*)Volborthite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)30544
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O0155


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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