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:
Sierra De Cobres, Cobres, La Poma Department, Salta Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 19450
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19450.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sierra De Cobres, Cobres, La Poma Department, Salta Province, Argentina": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Rangel Mining District

Latitude: 23°31'52"S
Longitude: 66°15'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.531111111111,-66.253055555556

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	Baryte	Calcite	Corundum	Feldspar	Monazite	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Hastingsite ()*	Hematite ()*	Microcline ()*
Monazite-(Nd) ()*	Monazite-(Sm) ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*
Siderite ()*	Thorite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Na Nd O P Pb S Si Sm Th

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Calcite Corundum Feldspar Monazite None Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Zircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	0		1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	5	3290,3291,3292,3293,3294	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	3290,3291,3292,3293,3294	24243
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	0		209
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5	3290,3291,3292,3293,3294	14640
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Monazite-(Nd) ()*	Monazite	Nd(PO₄)	0		26
Monazite-(Sm) ()*	Monazite	Sm(PO₄)	0		4
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	5	3290,3291,3292,3293,3294	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	3290,3291,3292,3293,3294	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		375
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	3290	6417
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	5	3290,3291,3292,3293,3294	1006

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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