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Locality Name:
Cañada Honda, Coronel Pringles Department, San Luis Province, Argentina


mindat Locality ID: 35057
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-35057.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cañada Honda, Coronel Pringles Department, San Luis Province, Argentina": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Diente Verde
Mario Deposit

Latitude: 32°49'59"S
Longitude: 66°2'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.833055555556,-66.033333333333
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 As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Na O P Pb S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cl Cu O P Pb S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigenite
EnargiteEpidoteFeldsparKaoliniteMalachiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileSpinelTetrahedriteWurtzite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)134748803
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)223474,34755509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS423474,34755516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1347527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS223474,347527198
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS134744165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S134741027
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS413474910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)134758173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)23474,34757437
Gold  (*)CopperAu1347430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O323474,347514640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3134745433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4134745591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O423474,347514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)223474,347512537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)223474,347517380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS223474,347539462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8134749056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO223474,347561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2134745614
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13134741803


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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