Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
San Rafael Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 146942
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146942.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Rafael Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
25 De Mayo
Cerro Victoria
El Pantanito Deposit
Infiernillo Deposit
Lomas Bayas
Nihuil
Sierra Pintada
Valle Escondido

Latitude: 35°6'36"S
Longitude: 68°42'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -35.11,-68.703888888889

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baryte	Brannerite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Zircon

Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brannerite ()*
Buddingtonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coffinite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Liebigite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schröckingerite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	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 Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg N Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Arsenopyrite Autunite Baryte Brannerite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Mica None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Zircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	3058,3059,3064	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	3064	1272
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	3058	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	3062,3064	5516
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	1	3064	248
Buddingtonite ()*	Feldspar	(NH₄)(AlSi₃)O₈	1	3058	27
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	3058,3060,3065	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	3062	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	3059,3062,3064	27198
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	1	3064	566
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	3058	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	3056	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	3058,3059,3062	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	3058,3059	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	3060	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	3058,3059,3062	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	3058	2228
Liebigite ()*	None	Ca₂(UO₂)(CO₃)₃·11H₂O	1	3064	78
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	3058	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	3058,3059,3062	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	3060	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	3058,3059,3064	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	3057,3058,3059,3060,3062,3063,3065	61156
Schröckingerite ()*	None	NaCa₃(UO₂)(SO₄)(CO₃)₃F·10H₂O	2	3063,3064	128
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	3062	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	3058,3059,3062	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1	3062	332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	3062	5317
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2	3063,3064	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	3064	890

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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