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Locality Name:
La Vendida Mine (Rio Tinto Mine), Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 64
Youngest recorded age at locality: 63

mindat Locality ID: 56747
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56747.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Vendida Mine (Rio Tinto Mine), Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 22°52'36"S
Longitude: 69°20'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.876666666667,-69.340833333333
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 Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn N Na O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn N Na O S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAtacamiteAubertiteBlöditeCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopiapite
CoquimbiteCoronaditeCorundumDiasporeEpidoteGypsumHalotrichiteKaoliniteKieseriteMetavoltine
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRoseliteSpinelTamarugiteVoltaite

41 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Aubertite  (*)
Belloite  (*)Blödite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Clinoatacamite  (*)Coquimbite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cuprocopiapite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Eriochalcite  (*)Glauberite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gunningite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kieserite  (*)
Kröhnkite  (*)Magnesioaubertite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Metavoltine  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)
Nitratine  (*)Paratacamite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhomboclase  (*)Riotintoite  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)Tamarugite  (*)Vendidaite  (*)
Voltaite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)664630966
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O64630272
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)646301588
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)364630544
Aubertite  (*)AubertiteCu2+Al(SO4)2Cl·14H2O6463013
Belloite  (*)NoneCu(OH)Cl646306
Blödite  (*)BlöditeNa2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O64630130
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O64630925
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O64630197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS26463027198
Clinoatacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)36463043
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O64630136
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O1664630599
Cuprocopiapite  (*)CopiapiteCu2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O6463012
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)646308173
Eriochalcite  (*)NoneCuCl2·2H2O6463013
Glauberite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(SO4)264630137
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)646307437
Gunningite  (*)KieseriteZn(SO4)·H2O6463048
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O646306890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl646301398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O36463014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6646302228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4646305591
Kieserite  (*)KieseriteMg(SO4)·H2O6463080
Kröhnkite  (*)RoseliteNa2Cu(SO4)2·2H2O6463027
Magnesioaubertite  (*)AubertiteMgAl(SO4)2Cl·14H2O646304
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O46463014899
Metavoltine  (*)MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12·18H2O6463078
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)664630254
Nitratine  (*)CalciteNa(NO3)6463091
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)664630158
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O64630265
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26463039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26463061156
Rhomboclase  (*)Not in a structural group(H5O2)Fe3+(SO4)2·2H2O6463053
Riotintoite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl(SO4)(OH)·3H2O646301
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O64630139
Tamarugite  (*)TamarugiteNaAl(SO4)2·6H2O6463087
Vendidaite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)(OH)3Cl·6H2O646301
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O64630111


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
PorphCu-00004646364–63     YesAntlerite, Atacamite, Brochantite, Chalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Jarosite, Magnetite, Malachite, PyriteCu672Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, ChileSierra GordaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R100198La Vendida Mine (Rio Tinto Mine), Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chilehttps://rruff.info/R100198

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