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Rio del Medio prospect, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, Chilei
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Rio del Medio prospectProspect
Elqui ProvinceProvince
CoquimboRegion
ChileCountry

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Latitude & Longitude:
29° South , 70° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~111km
GRN:
S20W44
Type:
Prospect
Mindat Locality ID:
188381
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:188381:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Name(s) in local language(s):
Prospecto Rio del Medio


Banded quartz-rhodochrosite vein with epithermal low-sulphidation gold-silver mineralization, hosted by dark, chloritized Miocene andesites.
Located about 4.5 km north of the El Indio deposit.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List


6 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
โ“˜Acanthite2.BA.35Ag2S
โ“˜Pyrargyrite2.GA.05Ag3SbS3
โ“˜Polybasite2.GB.15[Ag6Sb2S7][Ag9CuS4]
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
โ“˜Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
โ“˜Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
โ“˜Rhodochrosite5.AB.05MnCO3
Unclassified
โ“˜'Chlorite Group'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

CCarbon
Cโ“˜ CalciteCaCO3
Cโ“˜ RhodochrositeMnCO3
OOxygen
Oโ“˜ CalciteCaCO3
Oโ“˜ QuartzSiO2
Oโ“˜ RhodochrositeMnCO3
SiSilicon
Siโ“˜ QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
Sโ“˜ AcanthiteAg2S
Sโ“˜ Polybasite[Ag6Sb2S7][Ag9CuS4]
Sโ“˜ PyrargyriteAg3SbS3
CaCalcium
Caโ“˜ CalciteCaCO3
MnManganese
Mnโ“˜ RhodochrositeMnCO3
CuCopper
Cuโ“˜ Polybasite[Ag6Sb2S7][Ag9CuS4]
AgSilver
Agโ“˜ AcanthiteAg2S
Agโ“˜ Polybasite[Ag6Sb2S7][Ag9CuS4]
Agโ“˜ PyrargyriteAg3SbS3
SbAntimony
Sbโ“˜ Polybasite[Ag6Sb2S7][Ag9CuS4]
Sbโ“˜ PyrargyriteAg3SbS3

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References

Maskaev, V., Townley, B., Palacios, C., Camus, F. (2007) Metallic Ore Deposits. In The Geology of Chile. The Geological Society. p.179-200.
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