Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

mindat Locality ID: 671
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-671.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pedro De Valdivia Mine, Pedro De Valdivia, Tocopilla Province, Antofagasta, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Blödite	Calcite	None

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: C Ca Cl Cu H I K Mg N Na O P S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Blödite Calcite None

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Blödite ()*	Calcite ()*	Darapskite ()*	Fuenzalidaite ()*	Glauberite ()*
Hectorfloresite ()*	Humberstonite ()*	Niter ()*	Polyhalite ()*	Sampleite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	130
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Darapskite ()*	None	Na₃(SO₄)(NO₃)·H₂O	31
Fuenzalidaite ()*	None	K₃Na₅Mg₅(IO₃)₆(SO₄)₆·6H₂O	4
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	137
Hectorfloresite ()*	None	Na₉(IO₃)(SO₄)₄	4
Humberstonite ()*	None	K₃Na₇Mg₂(SO₄)₆(NO₃)₂·6H₂O	11
Niter ()*	None	K(NO₃)	181
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	102
Sampleite ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(PO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	40

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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