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Locality Name:
Cushamen Department, Chubut Province, Argentina


mindat Locality ID: 239602
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239602.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cushamen Department, Chubut Province, Argentina": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Condorcanqui Mine
Cordillera Del Gato
El Mirador
Gualjaina
La Hoya

Latitude: 42°20'44"S
Longitude: 69°59'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -42.345555555556,-69.985833333333
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperDigeniteKaoliniteMicaNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSmectite-vermiculite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Beidellite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)122863250
Beidellite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O22284,228585
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4122835516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)22286,228827770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S122835707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21228327198
Copper  (*)CopperCu122833846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O122832970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S122831027
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)422284,22855591
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O22284,22851508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)222284,228517380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O122862994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21228339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO222283,228661156


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