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:
El Alto Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 239568
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239568.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "El Alto Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Cerro El Portezuelo
Cuesta Del Portezuelo
El Alto
Vilismán

Latitude: 28°29'27"S
Longitude: 65°36'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.490833333333,-65.610555555556

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.

Beryl	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile
Topaz	Triplite

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 Be Ca F Fe H K Li Mn O P Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe Mn O Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Mica None Pyroxene Quartz Rutile
Topaz Triplite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Amblygonite ()*	Beryl ()*	Fluorite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Montebrasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spodumene ()*
Topaz ()*	Triplite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	3	2191,2199,2202	244
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	8	2185,2191,2192,2194,2199,2201,2202,2203	4286
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	8	2183,2184,2185,2186,2187,2188,2189,2190	9617
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	1	2191	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	9	2191,2192,2193,2195,2196,2197,2198,2200,2201	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	9	2191,2192,2193,2196,2197,2199,2201,2202,2203	2349
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	0		3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	2183,2184,2203	61156
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	11	2191,2192,2193,2195,2196,2197,2198,2199,2200,2201,2202	688
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	2	2199,2202	1476
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	1	2202	233

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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