Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Picunches Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 157465
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157465.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Picunches Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Bajada Del Agrio
Bajada Vieja
Caverna Del León (Cueva Del León)
Caverna El Arenal
Caverna El Gendarme
Caverna El Templo
Cueva De Los Cabritos
Las Lajas
Mallín Quemado
Río Agrio Mine

Latitude: 38°34'28"S
Longitude: 70°18'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -38.574444444444,-70.303055555556

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.

Allophane	Amorphous	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Connellite
Copper	Corundum	Descloizite	Gypsum	Linarite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bayldonite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Connellite ()*	Copper ()*
Cornubite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Linarite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mottramite ()*
Olivenite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Si Sr V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Connellite
Copper Corundum Descloizite Gypsum Linarite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	3201	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	3191	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	4	3192,3193,3194,3195	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	3201	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	3198,3201	11547
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	1	3201	172
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	3201	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	3189,3190,3191,3192,3193,3194,3195	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	3	3196,3198,3200	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	3201	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	3201	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	3201	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	3201	3531
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	1	3201	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	3201	3846
Cornubite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	3201	109
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	3201	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	6	3191,3192,3193,3194,3195,3201	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	3201	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	3189,3190,3191	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5	3191,3192,3193,3194,3195	14640
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	3201	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	3192,3193,3194,3195	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	3201	12537
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	3201	362
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	3201	492
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	3	3189,3190,3191	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	3201	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	3189,3190,3191,3201	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	3201	454
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	3201	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	3201	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	3201	1101
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	3201	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	3201	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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