Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
El Quevar Mine, El Quevar Mining District, Los Andes Department, Salta Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 23405
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23405.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "El Quevar Mine, El Quevar Mining District, Los Andes Department, Salta Province, Argentina": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 24°41'21"S
Longitude: 65°42'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.689166666667,-65.703611111111

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.

Acanthite	Aragonite	Aramayoite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Enargite
Geocronite	Marcasite	None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stannite
Stannoidite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aramayoite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diaphorite ()*	Enargite ()*	Famatinite ()*
Freibergite ()*	Freieslebenite ()*	Galena ()*	Geocronite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Mawsonite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Seligmannite ()*	Semseyite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stannoidite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Aramayoite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Covellite Enargite
Geocronite Marcasite None Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stannite
Stannoidite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Aramayoite ()*	Aramayoite	Ag₃Sb₂(Bi,Sb)S₆	29
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1382
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	126
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	910
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	163
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	663
Freieslebenite ()*	None	AgPbSbS₃	105
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	133
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Mawsonite ()*	None	Cu₆Fe₂SnS₈	92
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	300
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	249
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Seligmannite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbAsS₃	64
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	165
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stannoidite ()*	Stannoidite	Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂	80
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	586
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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