Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 126729
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-126729.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Buenos Aires Province, Argentina": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Azul
Bahía Blanca
Coronel Suaréz
Tornquist
Villa Gesell

Latitude: 37°39'29"S
Longitude: 60°34'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.658055555556,-60.574722222222

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.

Apatite	Auricupride	Calcite	Cerite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Gypsum	Mica
Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Sapphirine	Spinel
Zircon

Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Awaruite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*
Esseneite ()*	Fayalite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kirschsteinite ()*	Kuratite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Matyhite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nitratine ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pigeonite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhönite ()*	Rutile ()*
Spinel ()*	Troilite ()*	Tsangpoite ()*	Ulvöspinel ()*	Whitlockite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 C Ca Cr Fe H K Mg N Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Auricupride Calcite Cerite Clay Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Gypsum Mica
Nickeline None Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Sapphirine Spinel
Zircon

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	2	1972,1978	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	1978	2060
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	1	1978	166
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	1978,1981,1985	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	1972	3902
Esseneite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe³⁺AlSiO₆	1	1978	17
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	1978	371
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	1981,1982	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	1975	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	1978	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	1981,1982	14640
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	1985	367
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	1972,1980	5433
Kirschsteinite ()*	Olivine	CaFe²⁺(SiO₄)	1	1978	33
Kuratite ()*	Sapphirine	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₅Ti)O₂[Si₄Al₂O₁₈]	1	1978	2
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	1978,1980,1981	14899
Matyhite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉(Ca_0.5 _0.5)Fe²⁺(PO₄)₇	1	1978	1
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	1982	17380
Nitratine ()*	Calcite	Na(NO₃)	1	1978	91
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	1978	1512
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	1	1972	303
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	1978	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	1981,1982	61156
Rhönite ()*	Sapphirine	Ca₄[Mg₈Fe³⁺₂Ti₂]O₄[Si₆Al₆O₃₆]	1	1978	47
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	1981	5614
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	1978	1934
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	2	1972,1978	1044
Tsangpoite ()*	None	Ca₅(PO₄)₂(SiO₄)	1	1978	5
Ulvöspinel ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂TiO₄	1	1978	120
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆	1	1978	104
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	1972	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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