Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Iruya Tinguaite Dyke, Iruya Department, Salta Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 19448
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19448.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iruya Tinguaite Dyke, Iruya Department, Salta Province, Argentina": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 22°35'"S
Longitude: 65°20'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.583333333333,-65.333333333333

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.

Amphibole	Analcime	Calcite	Feldspar	None	Pyroxene	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite

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: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Calcite Feldspar None Pyroxene Spinel Titanite Tridymite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Analcime ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Nepheline ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Sanidine ()*	Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1022
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	884
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	375
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	598
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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