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Locality Name:
San Santiago Mine (Solitaria Mine), Quebrada De Cumichango, Jagüé, Vinchina Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina


mindat Locality ID: 19920
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19920.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Santiago Mine (Solitaria Mine), Quebrada De Cumichango, Jagüé, Vinchina Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 28°21'47"S
Longitude: 68°23'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.363055555556,-68.395833333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As C Ca Ce Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Ce Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AutuniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayFluoriteHydrotalciteLöllingiteMarcasiteMicaMillerite
MonaziteNatroautuniteNickelineNonePyriteVivianiteZircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Annabergite  (*)Autunite  (*)Becquerelite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Coffinite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrouranospinite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Reevesite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranospinite  (*)
Vaesite  (*)Yukonite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O0445
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O01272
Becquerelite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O092
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O0566
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As80161
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)0945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Natrouranospinite  (*)NatroautuniteNa2(UO2)2(AsO4)2·5H2O013
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs0633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS0767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs20233
Reevesite  (*)HydrotalciteNi6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O048
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718
Uranospinite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10H2O051
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS20106
Yukonite  (*)NoneCa2Fe3+3(AsO4)3(OH)4·4H2O029
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O0185


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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