Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Valcheta Department, Río Negro Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 193162
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193162.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Valcheta Department, Río Negro Province, Argentina": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Aguada Cecilio
El Tembrao
San Martin Pluton
Valcheta

Latitude: 40°29'"S
Longitude: 66°5'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -40.483333333333,-66.091666666667

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.

Aragonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite
Fluorite	Kaolinite	Meneghinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Sepiolite	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stannoidite	Tetrahedrite

Aikinite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Cervelleite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Digenite ()*	Dzhalindite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kësterite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Roquesite ()*	Rutile ()*
Sakuraiite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spionkopite ()*	Stannoidite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	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 Cu F Fe H In K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Digenite
Fluorite Kaolinite Meneghinite Mica None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Sepiolite Sphalerite Stannite Stannoidite Tetrahedrite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	1	3246	315
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	1	3248	246
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	3241	3250
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	3246	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	3248	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	3241,3246	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	3248	4979
Cervelleite ()*	None	Ag₄TeS	1	3246	42
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	3246,3248	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	3246	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	3248	1027
Dzhalindite ()*	Perovskite	In(OH)₃	1	3248	16
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	3246	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	3246,3248	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	3248	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	3246	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	3246	804
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	4	3243,3244,3245,3246	469
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	3246	5591
Kësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂ZnSnS₄	1	3246	82
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	3246	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	3243,3248	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	3243,3246,3248	61156
Roquesite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuInS₂	1	3248	46
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	3246	5614
Sakuraiite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	(Cu,Zn,Fe)₃(In,Sn)S₄	1	3248	10
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	3246	4894
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	3239	241
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	3248	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	3246,3248	21482
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈	1	3246	73
Stannoidite ()*	Stannoidite	Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂	1	3246	80
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	3246	5317
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	2	3246,3248	297

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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