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Locality Name:
Chaco Province, Argentina


mindat Locality ID: 126730
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-126730.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chaco Province, Argentina": 30
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 25
Child Localities:
Almirante Brown Department
Bermejo Department
Chacabuco Department
Comandante Fernández Department
Doce De Octubre Department
Dos De Abril Department
Fray Justo Santa María De Oro Department
General Belgrano Department
General Donovan Department
General Güemes Department
Independencia Department
Libertad Department
Libertador General San Martín Department
Maipú Department
Mayor Luis Jorge Fontana Department
Nueve De Julio Department
O’Higgins Department
Presidencia De La Plaza Department
Primero De Mayo Department
Quitilipi Department
San Fernando Department
San Lorenzo Department
Sargento Cabral Department
Tapenagá Department
Veinticinco De Mayo Department

Latitude: 26°56'1"S
Longitude: 61°18'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.933611111111,-61.313055555556
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 C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteCopperCoronaditeFeldsparHaxoniteIronNonePerovskitePyroxeneRocksalt
ScacchiteSphaleriteSpinel

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Akaganeite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)Augite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Cohenite  (*)Copper  (*)Daubréelite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Enstatite  (*)Graphite  (*)Haxonite  (*)Iron  (*)Lawrencite  (*)
Ringwoodite  (*)Schreibersite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Taenite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Wüstite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Akaganeite  (*)Coronadite(Fe3+,Ni2+)8(OH,O)16Cl1.25·nH2O1225263
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS12252312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)122528803
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6122522060
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl12252203
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4122523902
Cohenite  (*)PerovskiteCFe31225277
Copper  (*)CopperCu122523846
Daubréelite  (*)SpinelFeCr2S412252157
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6122524135
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O612252944
Graphite  (*)NoneC122522812
Haxonite  (*)Haxonite(Fe,Ni)23C61225226
Iron  (*)IronFe122521089
Lawrencite  (*)ScacchiteFeCl21225230
Ringwoodite  (*)SpinelSiMg2O41225725
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P12252374
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1225221482
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)12252703
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS22252,22571044
Wüstite  (*)RocksaltFeO1225774


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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