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Locality Name:
Papachacra Pegmatites, Papachacra, Belén Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina


mindat Locality ID: 8381
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8381.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Papachacra Pegmatites, Papachacra, Belén Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Cerro León Muerto
Guadalupe Mine
Huayra Huasi Mine
La Envidia Mine
La Preciosa Argentina Mine
La Quetejedi Mine

Latitude: 27°'59"S
Longitude: 66°52'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.016388888889,-66.866666666667
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 B Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Sn Ti W Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Sn Ti W Y Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBrookiteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChloriteClayCorundumDiasporeFeldsparFluorite
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakiteQuartzRutileScheeliteSodaliteSpinelTopaz
TourmalineZircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Danalite  (*)Florencite-(Ce)  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Foitite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Morinite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phenakite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Topaz  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)20606
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO20700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)80577
Danalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteBe3Fe2+4(SiO4)3S058
Florencite-(Ce)  (*)AluniteCeAl3(PO4)2(OH)61213673
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Foitite  (*)Tourmaline   (Fe2+2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)075
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)121364924
Morinite  (*)NoneNaCa2Al2(PO4)2(OH)F4·2H2O022
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)0326
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO262136,2137,2138,2139,2140,214161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F232136,2138,21401476
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)0939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


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