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Locality Name:
Huara, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile


mindat Locality ID: 25846
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25846.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Huara, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Oficina Angela
Oficina Progreso
San Oscar Mine
Sapte Mine

Latitude: 20°'"S
Longitude: 69°45'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20,-69.75
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 Cl Cr Cu Fe H K N Na Ni O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cr K O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAtacamiteBrochantiteCopperLinariteNone

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Atacamite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)
Darapskite  (*)Linarite  (*)Lópezite  (*)Paratacamite  (*)Schreibersite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3236760,36761544
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61367611633
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1367605707
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1367603531
Copper  (*)CopperCu1367603846
Darapskite  (*)NoneNa3(SO4)(NO3)·H2O13675931
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2136761987
Lópezite  (*)NoneK2Cr2O705
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)6136761158
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P136758374


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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