Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Calamuchita Department, Córdoba Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 157700
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157700.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Calamuchita Department, Córdoba Province, Argentina": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Atos Pampa
Canada De Alvarez Pegmatite District
Cerro Aspero District
Río Santa Rosa De Calamuchita

Latitude: 32°1'55"S
Longitude: 64°38'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.031944444444,-64.636111111111

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.

Andalusite	Arsenic	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannoidite	Stibnite	Topaz	Triplite

Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cordierite ()*
Corundum ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*	Geffroyite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Miharaite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stannoidite ()*	Topaz ()*	Triplite ()*
Ulvöspinel ()*	Uraninite ()*	Wittichenite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Se Si Sn Te Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Arsenic Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stannoidite Stibnite Topaz Triplite

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	2386	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1	2386	489
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	2386	1310
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	2386	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	2386	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	2386	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	2383	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	2386	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	2383,2384	3902
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	2386	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	2383	1797
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	2383	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	2383	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	2386	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	2386	9617
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1	2385	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	2386	24243
Geffroyite ()*	Pentlandite	(Cu,Fe,Ag)₉Se₈	1	2386	10
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	2386	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	2383,2384	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	2383,2384	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	2383,2384	14899
Miharaite ()*	None	PbCu₄FeBiS₆	1	2386	19
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	4	2386,2387,2388,2390	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	2386	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	2383	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	2386	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	2383	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	2386,2387	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	2386	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	2386	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	2383,2384	1934
Stannoidite ()*	Stannoidite	Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂	1	2386	80
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	2386	1476
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	1	2385	233
Ulvöspinel ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂TiO₄	1	2383	120
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	2385	2718
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	1	2386	297

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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