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:
Bonillas Cord, Uspallata, Las Heras Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 241817
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-241817.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bonillas Cord, Uspallata, Las Heras Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
La Mendocina Mine

Latitude: 32°38'8"S
Longitude: 69°11'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.635555555556,-69.1925

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Clay	Feldspar	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Serpentine	Talc

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 Fe H Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clay Feldspar None Pyrite Quartz Serpentine Talc

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Dolomite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	2994	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	2994	8803
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	2994	708
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	2994	27770
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	2994	951
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	2994	9895
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	2994	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	2994	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	2994	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	2994	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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