Calvarino mine, Las Cañas district, Huasco Province, Atacama, Chilei
Regional Level Types | |
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Calvarino mine | Mine |
Las Cañas district | District |
Huasco Province | Province |
Atacama | Region |
Chile | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude:
28° South , 70° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~119km
Type:
Mindat Locality ID:
188510
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:188510:4
GUID (UUID V4):
088267df-5988-40b6-bd8e-6bd0300cff69
Name(s) in local language(s):
Mina Calvarino
Calvarino is a small adit now completely abandoned; was active during the first decades of 1900.
Galena and Pb carbonates hosted in chloritic calcareous tuffs and Neocomian limestones.
Ref.:
Flores H. (1942); "Informe geológico económico sobre el mineral de Las Cañas (Vallenar)"; IIG; Stgo. de Chile.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
ⓘ Cerussite Formula: PbCO3 |
ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 |
ⓘ 'Limonite' |
ⓘ Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
ⓘ | Cerussite | 5.AB.15 | PbCO3 |
ⓘ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Unclassified | |||
ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
C | Carbon | |
C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
C | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
C | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
O | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Pb | Lead | |
Pb | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
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