| Locality type: | Cave |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Halite |
| Formula: | NaCl |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Halite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Cueva Zorro Andina, Cordillera de la Sal, San Pedro de Atacama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 842152 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:842152:4 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 542eb7fd-fe0a-41ff-a312-f1fc14b7356a |
| Nearest other occurrences of Halite |
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| 3.7km (2.3 miles) | ⓘParede de Vidrios Cave, Cordillera de la Sal, San Pedro de Atacama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile |
| 5.3km (3.3 miles) | ⓘCueva Lechuza de Campanario, Cordillera de la Sal, San Pedro de Atacama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile |
| 8.0km (5.0 miles) | ⓘMina de Chulacao, Cordillera de la Sal, San Pedro de Atacama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile |
| 21.0km (13.0 miles) | ⓘVicuña Seca Cave, Cordillera de la Sal, San Pedro de Atacama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile |
| 21.9km (13.6 miles) | ⓘCressi Cave system, Cordillera de la Sal, San Pedro de Atacama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile |
| 27.1km (16.9 miles) | ⓘArco de la Paciencia Cave, Cordillera de la Sal, San Pedro de Atacama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile |
| 28.6km (17.8 miles) | ⓘVentanas Cave, Cordillera de la Sal, San Pedro de Atacama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile |
| 76.7km (47.7 miles) | ⓘEl Tatio geothermal field, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile |
| 97.4km (60.6 miles) | ⓘChuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile |
| 98.2km (61.0 miles) | ⓘLaguna Honda Sur, Sud Lípez Province, Potosí, Bolivia |
| References |
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De Waele, J., Forti, P., Picotti, V., Galli, E., Rossi, A., Brook, G., & Cucchi, F. (2009). Cave deposits in Cordillera de la Sal (Atacama, Chile). Geological Constrains on the Onset and Evolution of an Extreme Environment: the Atacama area. Geoacta, Special Publication, 2, 113-117. De Waele, J., Carbone, C., Sanna, L., Vattano, M., Galli, E., & Forti, P. (2017). Secondary minerals from halite caves in the Atacama Desert (Chile). In 17th International Congress of Speleology (No. I, pp. 242-246). Australian Speleological Federation Inc. |
