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Locality Name:
Pedro De Valdivia, Tocopilla Province, Antofagasta, Chile


mindat Locality ID: 279276
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279276.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pedro De Valdivia, Tocopilla Province, Antofagasta, Chile": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Pedro De Valdivia 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: C Ca Cl Cu H I K Mg N Na O P S 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BlöditeCalciteNone

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Blödite  (*)Calcite  (*)Darapskite  (*)Fuenzalidaite  (*)Glauberite  (*)
Hectorfloresite  (*)Humberstonite  (*)Niter  (*)Polyhalite  (*)Sampleite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Blödite  (*)BlöditeNa2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O135918130
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13591827770
Darapskite  (*)NoneNa3(SO4)(NO3)·H2O13591831
Fuenzalidaite  (*)NoneK3Na5Mg5(IO3)6(SO4)6·6H2O1359184
Glauberite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(SO4)2135918137
Hectorfloresite  (*)NoneNa9(IO3)(SO4)41359184
Humberstonite  (*)NoneK3Na7Mg2(SO4)6(NO3)2·6H2O13591811
Niter  (*)NoneK(NO3)135918181
Polyhalite  (*)NoneK2Ca2Mg(SO4)4·2H2O135918102
Sampleite  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(PO4)4Cl·5H2O13591840



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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