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Locality Name:
Incahuasi Valley, El Quevar Mining District, Los Andes Department, Salta Province, Argentina


mindat Locality ID: 229584
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229584.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Incahuasi Valley, El Quevar Mining District, Los Andes Department, Salta Province, Argentina": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Armonía Mine
Quespejahuar Mine
Vince Mine

Latitude: 24°20'41"S
Longitude: 66°50'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.344722222222,-66.838888888889
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: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAramayoiteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCoronadite
CorundumCovelliteCristobaliteEnargiteEpidoteGeocroniteGypsumKaoliniteLillianiteMalachite
MarcasiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupOwyheeitePolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
Smectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteStanniteSulphurTetrahedriteTridymiteWurtzite

48 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alunite  (*)Aramayoite  (*)Baryte  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Diaphorite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Famatinite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Geocronite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Jordanite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Lillianite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Owyheeite  (*)Pearceite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Seligmannite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tridymite  (*)Yugawaralite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S133112793
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)60966
Aramayoite  (*)AramayoiteAg3Sb2(Bi,Sb)S61331129
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1331111547
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S1123311,3313843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3133111089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2133115171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21331127198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl133131382
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS133114165
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO20453
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O1613313599
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S813311126
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS413311910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS413311163
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S1213311663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1331124243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S2323311,3313133
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S2313311105
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O01271
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS613311128
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2133115674
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS213311300
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Owyheeite  (*)OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S281331189
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]13311249
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]13311716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS313311733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3133111425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21331139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Seligmannite  (*)BournoniteCuPbAsS31331164
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1331121482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS413311668
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS413311586
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13133111803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13133115317
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO20458
Yugawaralite  (*)NoneCa(Si6Al2)O16·4H2O033


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