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Locality Name:
Salar Del Hombre Muerto, Los Andes Department, Salta Province, Argentina


mindat Locality ID: 229832
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229832.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Salar Del Hombre Muerto, Los Andes Department, Salta Province, Argentina": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Tincalayu Mine (Boroquimica Mine)

Latitude: 25°16'5"S
Longitude: 67°3'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.268055555556,-67.057222222222
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: B C Ca Cl H Mg Na O S Si Sr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca H Na O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteCalciteGypsumNoneNot in a structural groupRocksalt

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Ameghinite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aristarainite  (*)Borax  (*)Calcite  (*)
Colemanite  (*)Ezcurrite  (*)Ginorite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)
Hydroboracite  (*)Inderite  (*)Inyoite  (*)Kernite  (*)Kurnakovite  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Mcallisterite  (*)Mirabilite  (*)Probertite  (*)Rivadavite  (*)
Searlesite  (*)Strontioginorite  (*)Tincalconite  (*)Ulexite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ameghinite  (*)Not in a structural groupNaB3O3(OH)4133361
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Aristarainite  (*)Not in a structural groupNa2Mg[B6O8(OH)4]2·4H2O133364
Borax  (*)NoneNa2B4O5(OH)4·8H2O1333676
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Colemanite  (*)NoneCaB3O4(OH)3·H2O13336144
Ezcurrite  (*)NoneNa2B5O7(OH)3·2H2O133362
Ginorite  (*)NoneCa2B14O20(OH)6·5H2O1333611
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O133366890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl133361398
Hydroboracite  (*)NoneCaMg[B3O4(OH)3]2·3H2O1333642
Inderite  (*)NoneMgB3O3(OH)5·5H2O1333613
Inyoite  (*)NoneCaB3O3(OH)5·4H2O1333634
Kernite  (*)NoneNa2B4O6(OH)2·3H2O1333610
Kurnakovite  (*)NoneMgB3O3(OH)5·5H2O1333615
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)133361487
Mcallisterite  (*)NoneMg2[B6O7(OH)6]2·9H2O133369
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O0223
Probertite  (*)NoneNaCaB5O7(OH)4·3H2O1333629
Rivadavite  (*)NoneNa6Mg[B6O7(OH)6]4·10H2O133364
Searlesite  (*)NoneNaBSi2O5(OH)21333634
Strontioginorite  (*)NoneCaSrB14O20(OH)6·5H2O133365
Tincalconite  (*)NoneNa2B4O5(OH)4·3H2O1333629
Ulexite  (*)NoneNaCaB5O6(OH)6·5H2O13336160


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060643Tincalayu Mine (Boroquimica Mine), Salar Del Hombre Muerto, Los Andes Department, Salta Province, Argentinahttps://rruff.info/R060643
C131036Tincalayu Mine (Boroquimica Mine), Salar Del Hombre Muerto, Los Andes Department, Salta Province, Argentinahttps://rruff.info/C131036

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