Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cajoncillo, Alemania, Guachipas Department, Salta Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 146691
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146691.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cajoncillo, Alemania, Guachipas Department, Salta Province, Argentina": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Auricupride	Calcite	Copper	Corundum	Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Zircon

Auricupride ()*	Calcite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Coffinite ()*	Conichalcite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Lavendulan ()*	Malachite ()*
Neotocite ()*	Silver ()*	Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*
Uvanite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mn Na O P S Si U V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mn Na O P S Si U V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Auricupride Calcite Copper Corundum Fluorite Gypsum Malachite None
Not in a structural group Perovskite Zircon

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Auricupride ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Cu₃Au	24
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	566
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	363
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Lavendulan ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	149
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	186
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	890
Uvanite ()*	None	(UO₂)₂V⁵⁺₆O₁₇·15H₂O (?)	9

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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