Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Concarán, Chacabuco Department, San Luis Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 131786
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131786.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Concarán, Chacabuco Department, San Luis Province, Argentina": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
La Victoria Mine
Los Cóndores Mine

Latitude: 32°34'19"S
Longitude: 65°19'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.571944444444,-65.321666666667

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.

Aragonite	Bismutite	Chalcopyrite	Columbite	Diaspore	Malachite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tourmaline	Tungstite

Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Ferberite ()*	Goethite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sanmartinite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tungstite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mo Na O S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Bismutite Chalcopyrite Columbite Diaspore Malachite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite Tourmaline Tungstite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	3460	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	3461	5509
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	3461	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	3461	716
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	3461	27198
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	1	3461	551
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	3461	7437
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	3461	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	3461	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	3461	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	3461	61156
Sanmartinite ()*	Columbite	Zn(WO₄)	1	3461	4
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	3461	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	3461	2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	3461	21482
Tungstite ()*	Tungstite	WO₃·H₂O	1	3461	118

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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