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Locality Name:
San José Department, Uruguay


mindat Locality ID: 126591
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-126591.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San José Department, Uruguay": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Chamizo Village Quarry
San Gregorio

Latitude: 34°9'5"S
Longitude: 56°39'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -34.151388888889,-56.666388888889
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 Bi Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo Ni O Pb Pd S Si Sn Te Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBaddeleyiteChalcopyriteCorundumCubaniteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePentlanditeQuartz
RocksaltSpinelWurtzite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Argentopentlandite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Ferro-actinolite  (*)
Froodite  (*)Galena  (*)Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Paolovite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Argentopentlandite  (*)PentlanditeAg(Fe,Ni)8S8112396867
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO21123968238
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2112396827198
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S31123968802
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)21123968129
Froodite  (*)NonePdBi2112396862
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS112396824243
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1123968804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311239685433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4112396814899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211239685800
Paolovite  (*)NonePd2Sn112396838
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S811239681512
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811239689056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2112396861156
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211239682562


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