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Locality Name:Farallón Negro, Belén Department, Catamarca Province, ArgentinaOldest recorded age at locality: 11Youngest recorded age at locality: 6mindat Locality ID: 205924mindat URL:http://www.mindat.org/loc-205924.htmlTectonic Settings: Total number of sublocalities beneath "Farallón Negro, Belén Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina": 17Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15Number of Child Localities: 1Child Localities:Agua De Dionisio Mining District (YMAD)Latitude: 27°18'39"SLongitude: 66°36'25"WDecimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.310833333333,-66.606944444444
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.
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: AgAlAsAuBaCCaCuFeHKMgMnMoNaOPbSSbSiTeZnElements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
One of three samples from the main Farallon Negro volcanic complex. Monzonite porphyry stock that cross cuts metamoprhic rocks in the Bajo de San Lucas area.
Michelle_357
One of three samples from the main Farallon Negro volcanic complex. Sample is a hydrothermally altered andesite porphyry from the Bajo El Durazno mineralized zone. Contains phenocrysts of altered hornblende and biotite in a matrix of sericite, quartz and minor clay minerals.