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:
El Portezuelo Granite, Belén Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 229595
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229595.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "El Portezuelo Granite, Belén Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Veta Calzada (Piedra Calzada)

Latitude: 27°1'32"S
Longitude: 66°53'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.025555555556,-66.897222222222

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.

Chlorite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Fluorite	Mica	Monazite	None	Quartz	Rutile
Spinel	Topaz	Zircon

Annite ()*	Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Chamosite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Ferberite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Morinite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderophyllite ()*
Thorite ()*	Topaz ()*	Uraninite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P Si Th Ti U W Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ce Fe H K Mg Nb O P Si Th Ti U Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chlorite Clay Columbite Corundum Fluorite Mica Monazite None Quartz Rutile
Spinel Topaz Zircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	0		356
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂	0		94
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	0		577
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	0		518
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	1	2098	551
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	2098	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	0		945
Morinite ()*	None	NaCa₂Al₂(PO₄)₂(OH)F₄·2H₂O	1	2098	22
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	2098	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	2098	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Siderophyllite ()*	Mica	KFe²⁺₂Al(Si₂Al₂)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		92
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	0		1006
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	2098	1476
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	0		2718
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	0		939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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