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Locality Name:
Santiago Del Estero Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 126734
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-126734.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santiago Del Estero Province, Argentina": 36
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 33

Number of Child Localities: 31
Child Localities:
Aguirre Department
Alberdi Department
Atamisqui Department
Avellaneda Department
Banda Department
Belgrano Department
Cantamampa Vein
Capital Department
Choya Department
Copo Department
Figueroa Department
General Taboada Department
Guasayán Department
Jiménez Department
Juan F. Ibarra Department
Loreto Department
Mitre Department
Moreno Department
Ojo De Agua Department
Ojo De Agua Vein
Ojo De Agua Veta Sur
Pellegrini Department
Quebrachos Department
Río Hondo Department
Rivadavia Department
Robles Department
Salavina Department
San Martín Department
Sarmiento Department
Silípica Department
Sumampa Viejo

Latitude: 29°22'56"S
Longitude: 63°33'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.382222222222,-63.565277777778

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copper
Corundum	Cubanite	Feldspar	Iron	Mica	Monazite	None	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cheralite ()*	Chromite ()*
Cohenite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Copper ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Mackinawite ()*
Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*
Taenite ()*	Tetrataenite ()*	Troilite ()*	Ulexite ()*

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 B Ba C Ca Ce Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Th Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: B Ca H Na O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copper
Corundum Cubanite Feldspar Iron Mica Monazite None Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	2	3637,3638	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	3637,3638	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	3637	3092
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	3637	295
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	3637,3638	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	3637	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	2	3637,3638	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	3637	27198
Cheralite ()*	Monazite	CaTh(PO₄)₂	2	3637,3638	50
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	3650	3902
Cohenite ()*	Perovskite	CFe₃	1	3650	77
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	3638	518
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	3650	3846
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	3637	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	3637,3638	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	3637,3638,3639	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	3650	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	3650	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	1	3650	191
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	3650	451
Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	3638	79
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	3	3637,3638,3639	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	3625,3641,3642,3643,3654	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	5	3625,3641,3642,3643,3654	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	3641	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	3637,3638	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	3638	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	3625,3637,3638,3639,3641,3642,3643,3654	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	3637,3638	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	2	3637,3638	589
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	3650	703
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi	1	3650	116
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	3650	1044
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O	0		160

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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