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Locality Name:
Coronel Manuel Rodríguez Mine, Mejillones Peninsula, Mejillones, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile


mindat Locality ID: 231208
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-231208.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Coronel Manuel Rodríguez Mine, Mejillones Peninsula, Mejillones, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 23°21'54"S
Longitude: 70°30'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.365,-70.504722222222
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 F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAnalcimeApatiteAtacamiteAubertiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteCopiapite
CoquimbiteGypsumHalotrichiteKieseriteMetavoltineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRoselite
RömeriteSyngeniteTamarugite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Aluminocopiapite  (*)Analcime  (*)Antofagastaite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Aubertite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copiapite  (*)
Coquimbite  (*)Destinezite  (*)Ferrinatrite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halotrichite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kröhnkite  (*)Magnesiocopiapite  (*)Metasideronatrite  (*)
Metavoltine  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Parabutlerite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Römerite  (*)Sideronatrite  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)Tamarugite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aluminocopiapite  (*)Copiapite(Al,Mg)Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH,O)2·20H2O050
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O01627
Antofagastaite  (*)SyngeniteNa2Ca(SO4)2·1.5H2O02
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)30544
Aubertite  (*)AubertiteCu2+Al(SO4)2Cl·14H2O013
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O0925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O0382
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O0136
Destinezite  (*)NoneFe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·6H2O019
Ferrinatrite  (*)NoneNa3Fe3+(SO4)3·3H2O025
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O0409
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Kröhnkite  (*)RoseliteNa2Cu(SO4)2·2H2O027
Magnesiocopiapite  (*)CopiapiteMgFe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O054
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
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O0115
Sideronatrite  (*)NoneNa2Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)·3H2O073
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O0139
Tamarugite  (*)TamarugiteNaAl(SO4)2·6H2O087
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO01101


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