Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chubut Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 14472
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14472.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chubut Province, Argentina": 105
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 70

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Biedma Department
Cerro De Las Coronas
Cushamen Department
Escalante Department
Florentino Ameghino Department
Futaleufú Department
Gaiman Department
Gastre Department
Gualjaina
Languiñeo Department
Mártires Department
Metamorphosed Basalts
Paso De Indios Department
Rawson Department
Río Senguer Department
Sarmiento Department
Tehuelches Department
Telsen Department

Latitude: 43°39'17"S
Longitude: 68°54'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -43.654722222222,-68.916388888889

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite
Baryte	Bixbyite	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite
Corundum	Covellite	Cristobalite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fillowite	Fluorite	Garnet
Graftonite	Gypsum	Iron	Kaolinite	Kobellite	Malachite	Marcasite	Meneghinite	Meta-autunite	Mica
Mordenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Phosphuranylite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Stilbite	Tetrahedrite
Titanite

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn N Na Ni O P Pb Pt S Sb Si Sr Te Ti U V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Autunite
Baryte Bixbyite Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite
Corundum Covellite Cristobalite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fillowite Fluorite Garnet
Graftonite Gypsum Iron Kaolinite Kobellite Malachite Marcasite Meneghinite Meta-autunite Mica
Mordenite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Phosphuranylite Prehnite Pyrite Pyrophyllite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Stilbite Tetrahedrite
Titanite

112 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*
Analcime ()*	Andradite ()*	Ángelaite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Barrerite ()*
Baryte ()*	Beidellite ()*	Betekhtinite ()*	Beusite ()*	Bixbyite ()*
Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Buddingtonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*
Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Cervelleite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cristobalite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Cuprite ()*	Cuprobismutite ()*	Dawsonite ()*
Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Galileiite ()*	Gladite ()*	Glauberite ()*	Gold ()*	Gonnardite ()*
Graftonite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hausmannite ()*
Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hodrušite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*
Jarosite ()*	Johnsomervilleite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Krupkaite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Matildite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*
Metatorbernite ()*	Miharaite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Offretite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Paranatrolite ()*	Uranophane-β ()*
Phosphuranylite ()*	Platinum ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Sanidine ()*
Sarcopside ()*	Schröckingerite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Stromeyerite ()*	Taenite ()*	Tellurium ()*	Titanite ()*	Torbernite ()*
Troilite ()*	Trona ()*	Tyuyamunite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*
Vermiculite ()*	Wittichenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	3	2331,2333,2335	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	2348,2365	3419
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	2	2327,2328	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	2356	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	4	2297,2298,2363,2367	966
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	2	2356,2368	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	2365	1534
Ángelaite ()*	Kobellite	Cu₂AgPbBiS₄	1	2328	3
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	2327	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	2286,2346	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	6	2305,2327,2328,2329,2330,2331	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	2352	2060
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	7	2303,2321,2322,2352,2354,2366,2371	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	2327,2365	5509
Barrerite ()*	Stilbite	Na₂(Si₇Al₂)O₁₈·6H₂O	2	2308,2348	23
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	5	2318,2331,2333,2357,2373	11547
Beidellite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	5	2284,2285,2294,2295,2316	85
Betekhtinite ()*	None	(Cu,Fe)₂₁Pb₂S₁₅	2	2327,2328	45
Beusite ()*	Graftonite	Mn²⁺Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)₂	1	2377	39
Bixbyite ()*	Bixbyite	Mn³⁺₂O₃	1	2359	104
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	7	2283,2305,2307,2327,2328,2329,2330	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	2305	1089
Buddingtonite ()*	Feldspar	(NH₄)(AlSi₃)O₈	1	2305	27
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	9	2286,2288,2305,2328,2329,2330,2331,2333,2356	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	5	2320,2350,2352,2353,2371	1184
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	2	2349,2373	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	2327	4979
Cervelleite ()*	None	Ag₄TeS	2	2327,2328	42
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	2283	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	11	2283,2305,2307,2310,2311,2313,2327,2328,2329,2330,2365	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	2377	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	2365	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	5	2327,2328,2329,2330,2365	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	2283	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4	2307,2328,2329,2330	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	2340	453
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	2277	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	2283	2970
Cuprobismutite ()*	None	Cu₈AgBi₁₃S₂₄	1	2310	43
Dawsonite ()*	None	NaAl(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	2356	90
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	2363	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	2363,2367	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	2	2283,2328	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	2365	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	2311,2328,2365	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	2356	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	2276	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	2306	1188
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	2305	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	10	2305,2307,2311,2327,2328,2329,2330,2331,2333,2335	24243
Galileiite ()*	Fillowite	NaFe²⁺₄(PO₄)₃	1	2377	5
Gladite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBi₅S₉	1	2310	67
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	3	2276,2279,2280	137
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	7	2277,2305,2310,2311,2327,2328,2330	30554
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	1	2348	167
Graftonite ()*	Graftonite	Fe²⁺Fe²⁺₂(PO₄)₂	1	2377	107
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	2365	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	7	2276,2279,2280,2293,2338,2372,2380	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	4	2276,2279,2280,2356	1398
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	2277	350
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	2365	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	9	2277,2327,2328,2329,2330,2356,2358,2359,2365	14640
Hodrušite ()*	None	Cu₈Bi₁₂S₂₂	1	2310	28
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	2359	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	2306	1089
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	2305	2228
Johnsomervilleite ()*	Fillowite	Na₃CaFe²⁺₁₁(PO₄)₉	1	2377	11
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	10	2284,2285,2297,2299,2300,2301,2314,2315,2316,2363	5591
Krupkaite ()*	Meneghinite	PbCuBi₃S₆	1	2310	80
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	2365	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5	2327,2328,2329,2330,2365	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	2	2321,2322	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	2305,2331	5674
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	2	2327,2328	252
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	2	2354,2371	388
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	2303,2366	443
Miharaite ()*	None	PbCu₄FeBiS₆	2	2327,2328	19
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	11	2284,2285,2294,2295,2297,2299,2300,2301,2314,2315,2316	1508
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	1	2304	405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	16	2282,2284,2285,2297,2299,2300,2301,2305,2311,2314,2315,2316,2322,2328,2329,2330	17380
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O	1	2308	146
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	6	2286,2324,2340,2341,2353,2379	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	5	2327,2328,2329,2330,2359	2349
Paranatrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	2348	19
Uranophane-β ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	2320	144
Phosphuranylite ()*	Phosphuranylite	KCa(H₃O)₃(UO₂)₇(PO₄)₄O₄·8H₂O	1	2354	182
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	2	2342,2343	485
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	2348	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	14	2276,2283,2305,2307,2310,2311,2313,2327,2328,2329,2330,2331,2333,2365	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	2277	3106
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	2363,2367	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	2305,2307	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	19	2276,2283,2286,2304,2305,2327,2328,2329,2330,2331,2340,2346,2347,2356,2358,2359,2363,2365,2374	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	2276	1711
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	2356	598
Sarcopside ()*	None	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂	1	2377	58
Schröckingerite ()*	None	NaCa₃(UO₂)(SO₄)(CO₃)₃F·10H₂O	6	2320,2321,2322,2350,2352,2354	128
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	6	2327,2328,2329,2330,2331,2333	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	2305,2307,2327,2328,2329,2330	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	2305	3418
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1	2335	332
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	2306	703
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	2	2327,2328	190
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	2365	4899
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	2	2303,2366	1059
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	2377	1044
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O	1	2356	129
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O	3	2350,2353,2371	628
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	3	2320,2321,2322	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	4	2320,2350,2354,2371	890
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	2342	652
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	2	2327,2328	297

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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