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Locality Name:
San Francisco De Los Andes Mine, Calingasta, Calingasta Department, San Juan Province, Argentina


mindat Locality ID: 22991
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22991.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Francisco De Los Andes Mine, Calingasta, Calingasta Department, San Juan Province, Argentina": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°45'"S
Longitude: 69°30'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.75,-69.5
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 Au Bi Ca Cl Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Bi Ca Cl Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteArsenicArsenopyriteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteCopperCovellite
DigeniteMatlockiteMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileSphaleriteStannite
StibniteTetrahedrite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bismoclite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Clinoclase  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Gold  (*)Jarosite  (*)Luzonite  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Preisingerite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rooseveltite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)60413
Bismoclite  (*)MatlockiteBiOCl071
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)30127
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)0363
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S50344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS20246
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS40198
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)0492
Preisingerite  (*)NoneBi3O(AsO4)2(OH)053
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rooseveltite  (*)MonaziteBi(AsO4)038
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO01101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317


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