Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sañogasta, Chilecito Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 144153
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144153.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sañogasta, Chilecito Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Borde Atravesado Occurrence
Guanchín Occurrence
La Piedra Pintada
La Porota Occurrence
Quebrada Del Durazno Occurrence
San Sebastián Deposit
San Victorio Mine
Santa Brígida Mine
Santa Teresita Occurrence

Latitude: 29°10'9"S
Longitude: 67°39'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.169166666667,-67.652777777778

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.

Autunite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Fluorite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stannite	Sulphur

Autunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Berzelianite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Carnotite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Eucairite ()*
Fischesserite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Idaite ()*
Klockmannite ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Naumannite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Selenium ()*
Silver ()*	Stilleite ()*	Tiemannite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Tyuyamunite ()*
Umangite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K O P Pb S Se Si U V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Fe S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Autunite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Covellite Fluorite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Stannite Sulphur

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	6	2886,2887,2890,2891,2893,2894	1272
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	2886,2887,2890,2894	11547
Berzelianite ()*	None	Cu_2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)	2	2888,2893	66
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	0		5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	2886,2887,2890,2891,2893,2894	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	6	2886,2887,2890,2891,2893,2894	1184
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	2	2888,2893	281
Eucairite ()*	None	CuAgSe	2	2888,2893	54
Fischesserite ()*	None	Ag₃AuSe₂	2	2888,2893	24
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	2886,2887,2890,2894	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	2893	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	2893	14640
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	1	2893	142
Klockmannite ()*	Covellite	Cu_5.2Se₆	2	2888,2893	63
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	1	2888	255
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	1	2893	192
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	2886,2887,2890,2894	39462
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	2	2888,2893	143
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	2893	5186
Stilleite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnSe	1	2893	7
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe	2	2888,2893	83
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	2892	1059
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O	8	2886,2887,2889,2890,2891,2892,2893,2894	628
Umangite ()*	None	Cu₃Se₂	2	2888,2893	71
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	6	2886,2887,2890,2891,2893,2894	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	8	2886,2887,2889,2890,2891,2892,2893,2894	890

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060639	Santa Brígida Mine, Sañogasta, Chilecito Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina	https://rruff.info/R060639

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