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Locality Name:
Sijes, Los Andes Department, Salta Province, Argentina


mindat Locality ID: 156700
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156700.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sijes, Los Andes Department, Salta Province, Argentina": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Apalachena II Mine
Apalachena Mine
Domingo I Mine
Domingo Mine
Esperanza Deposit
Monte Amarillo Mine
Monte Azul Deposit
Monteverde (Monte Verde)
Nacimiento Sijes
Santa Rosa Mine
Sol De Mañana Mine

Latitude: 23°55'59"S
Longitude: 66°37'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.933055555556,-66.633055555556
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: As B Ca H Mg Na O S 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
GypsumNoneNot in a structural groupOrpiment

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Alfredstelznerite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Colemanite  (*)Gowerite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hydroboracite  (*)Inderborite  (*)Inderite  (*)Inyoite  (*)Meyerhofferite  (*)
Nobleite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Realgar  (*)Ulexite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alfredstelznerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa4(H2O)4[B4O4(OH)6]4(H2O)15133531
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)23349,33531588
Colemanite  (*)NoneCaB3O4(OH)3·H2O73346,3347,3348,3349,3351,3353,3354144
Gowerite  (*)NoneCa[B5O8(OH)][B(OH)3]·3H2O1335313
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O63346,3347,3348,3349,3351,33536890
Hydroboracite  (*)NoneCaMg[B3O4(OH)3]2·3H2O93345,3346,3347,3348,3349,3350,3351,3353,335442
Inderborite  (*)NoneCaMg[B3O3(OH)5]2·6H2O133534
Inderite  (*)NoneMgB3O3(OH)5·5H2O1335313
Inyoite  (*)NoneCaB3O3(OH)5·4H2O83346,3347,3348,3349,3350,3351,3352,335334
Meyerhofferite  (*)NoneCaB3O3(OH)5·H2O43349,3350,3352,335323
Nobleite  (*)NoneCaB6O9(OH)2·3H2O23350,335311
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S323351,3353511
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS33348,3351,3353712
Ulexite  (*)NoneNaCaB5O6(OH)6·5H2O53348,3349,3350,3351,3353160


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060713Sijes, Los Andes Department, Salta Province, Argentinahttps://rruff.info/R060713
R050157Sijes, Los Andes Department, Salta Province, Argentinahttps://rruff.info/R050157

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