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Locality Name:
Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Tocopilla Province, Antofagasta, Chile


mindat Locality ID: 233225
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233225.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Tocopilla Province, Antofagasta, Chile": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Pueblina Mine
Salvadora 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: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAragoniteArsenopyriteAtacamiteGarnetIraniteNonePolybasiteRocksalt
Scheelite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alunite  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Atacamite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Galena  (*)Glauberite  (*)Hemihedrite  (*)Iranite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Leightonite  (*)Paratacamite  (*)Phoenicochroite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1359252793
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6135926966
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31359251534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1359259052
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3135926544
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1359254979
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13592524243
Glauberite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(SO4)2135926137
Hemihedrite  (*)IraniteZnPb10(CrO4)6(SiO4)2(OH)213592514
Iranite  (*)IraniteCuPb10(CrO4)6(SiO4)2(OH)213592511
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61359262228
Leightonite  (*)NoneK2Ca2Cu(SO4)4·2H2O1359269
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)6135926158
Phoenicochroite  (*)NonePb2O(CrO4)13592535
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]135925716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3135925733
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41359251655


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