Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tinogasta Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 229693
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229693.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tinogasta Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Agua De Los Mineros Mine
Agua Verde Mine
Andacolla Mine
Ayacuchp Mine
Bonanza Prospect
Concepción
El Salto Mine
Fiambalá
Helios Prospect
La Argentina Mine
La Cieneguita
La Flecha
La Higuerita
La Mesada De Los Zárate
Los Colorados Prospect
Rosario Mine
San Luciano Mine
Tatón
Tres Sargentos Mine
Vil Achay Mine

Latitude: 27°59'1"S
Longitude: 67°25'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.983611111111,-67.421388888889

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.

Alunite	Auricupride	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Covellite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Malachite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Phosphuranylite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile
Spinel	Sulphur	Topaz

Albite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Awaruite ()*	Azurite ()*
Carnotite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Coconinoite ()*	Covellite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Natrojarosite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phurcalite ()*	Pigeonite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Saléeite ()*	Selenium ()*
Topaz ()*	Troilite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*

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 C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Se Si Sn Ti U V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Auricupride Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Covellite Feldspar Fluorite Malachite Mica
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Perovskite Phosphuranylite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile
Spinel Sulphur Topaz

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	2242	8803
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	2240	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	2240	2060
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	1	2228	166
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	2242	5509
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	6	2223,2224,2229,2231,2232,2236	1184
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	2237,2242	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	2242	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	2228,2242	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	2228,2240	3902
Coconinoite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂Al₂(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₄(SO₄)(OH)₂·20H₂O	2	2226,2227	9
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	2242	4165
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	2226,2227,2242	9617
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	1	2228	205
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	2242	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	2228,2240	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	2228,2235,2242	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	2242	12537
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	2226,2227	443
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	2242	17380
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	2242	254
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	2242	2349
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2	2228,2235	1512
Phurcalite ()*	Phosphuranylite	Ca₂(UO₂)₃O₂(PO₄)₂·7H₂O	2	2226,2227	20
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	1	2240	303
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	2226,2227	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	2228,2235	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	2237,2242	61156
Saléeite ()*	None	Mg(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂(H₂O)₁₀	2	2226,2227	95
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	1	2242	143
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	2242	1476
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	2240	1044
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2	2226,2227	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	2	2226,2227	890

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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