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Locality Name:
Pampa De Olaen, Punilla Department, Córdoba Province, Argentina


mindat Locality ID: 232269
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-232269.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pampa De Olaen, Punilla Department, Córdoba Province, Argentina": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Laguna Brava
Los Guindos
Quebrada Del Contrabandista

Latitude: 31°11'"S
Longitude: 64°32'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.183333333333,-64.549722222222
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: Ag Al Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Si Sn Te W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Bi C Ca Fe H Mg Mn O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBismutiteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCovelliteEpidoteFluoriteGarnet
LillianiteNonePyriteQuartzScheeliteSodaliteSphaleriteStanniteStibniteTetradymite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Covellite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferro-actinolite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Gustavite  (*)Helvine  (*)Kësterite  (*)Kettnerite  (*)
Lillianite  (*)Matildite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3124581935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)0716
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21245827198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)124601025
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS124584165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)20129
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2124579617
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3124601544
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S612458113
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S0237
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS41246082
Kettnerite  (*)BismutiteCaBiO(CO3)F1245846
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS612458128
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS212460252
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21245839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21245761156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)124584894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1245821482
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S12458510
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562


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