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 Cacheuta, Cacheuta, Luján De Cuyo Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 19910
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19910.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sierra De Cacheuta, Cacheuta, Luján De Cuyo Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cerro De Cacheuta
La Belen Mine

Latitude: 33°1'18"S
Longitude: 69°7'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.021666666667,-69.127222222222

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	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltomenite	Corundum	Covellite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel

Achávalite ()*	Azurite ()*	Berzelianite ()*	Bornhardtite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcomenite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Cobaltomenite ()*	Eskebornite ()*	Eucairite ()*
Hematite ()*	Klockmannite ()*	Krut'aite ()*	Molybdomenite ()*	Naumannite ()*
Olsacherite ()*	Petříčekite ()*	Quartz ()*	Trogtalite ()*	Umangite ()*

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 C Co Cu Fe H O Pb S Se Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Co Cu Fe O Se

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Chalcopyrite Cobaltomenite Corundum Covellite Marcasite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Spinel

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Achávalite ()*	Nickeline	FeSe	1	3009	2
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	3008	5509
Berzelianite ()*	None	Cu_2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)	1	3009	66
Bornhardtite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂Se₄	1	3008	5
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	3008,3009	4979
Chalcomenite ()*	None	Cu(Se⁴⁺O₃)·2H₂O	2	3008,3009	40
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	1	3009	281
Cobaltomenite ()*	Cobaltomenite	Co(Se⁴⁺O₃)·2H₂O	2	3008,3009	11
Eskebornite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeSe₂	0		26
Eucairite ()*	None	CuAgSe	1	3009	54
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Klockmannite ()*	Covellite	Cu_5.2Se₆	1	3009	63
Krut'aite ()*	Pyrite	CuSe₂	1	3009	12
Molybdomenite ()*	None	PbSe⁴⁺O₃	1	3009	15
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	1	3009	192
Olsacherite ()*	Baryte	Pb₂(Se⁶⁺O₄)(SO₄)	1	3009	10
Petříčekite ()*	Marcasite	CuSe₂	1	3009	3
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	3010	61156
Trogtalite ()*	Pyrite	CoSe₂	0		10
Umangite ()*	None	Cu₃Se₂	1	3009	71

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070658	Cacheuta Mine, Cerro De Cacheuta, Sierra De Cacheuta, Cacheuta, Luján De Cuyo Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina	https://rruff.info/R070658

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