Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Veladero Mine, Frontera Mining District, Tudcum, Iglesia Department, San Juan Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 156854
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156854.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Veladero Mine, Frontera Mining District, Tudcum, Iglesia Department, San Juan Province, Argentina": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Amable Open Pit
Filon Federico Open Pit

Latitude: 30°'41"S
Longitude: 69°54'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.011388888889,-69.91

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Baryte	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Matlockite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Alunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismoclite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Imiterite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Petrovskaite ()*
Platinum ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Tiemannite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 Au Ba Bi Br Cl Fe H Hg I K O Pt S Se Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Ba Bi Br Cl Fe H Hg I K O Pt S Se Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Baryte Copper Corundum Diaspore Matlockite None Not in a structural group Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Wurtzite Zircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	966
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bismoclite ()*	Matlockite	BiOCl	71
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	227
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1382
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2600
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Imiterite ()*	None	Ag₂HgS₂	17
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	180
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	192
Petrovskaite ()*	None	AuAgS	9
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	485
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe	83
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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