Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Los Manantiales Mining District, Gastre Department, Chubut Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 23509
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23509.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Los Manantiales Mining District, Gastre Department, Chubut Province, Argentina": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Angela Mine (Cerro Castillo Mine)
Clara Natividad Mine
Susana Beatriz Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Kobellite	Malachite	Meneghinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Aikinite ()*	Ángelaite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Betekhtinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Cervelleite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Matildite ()*
Miharaite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tellurium ()*	Wittichenite ()*

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 As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu H O Pb S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Covellite Digenite Epidote Feldspar Kobellite Malachite Meneghinite Mica None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	1	2328	315
Ángelaite ()*	Kobellite	Cu₂AgPbBiS₄	1	2328	3
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	0		2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	2328,2329,2330	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Betekhtinite ()*	None	(Cu,Fe)₂₁Pb₂S₁₅	1	2328	45
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3	2328,2329,2330	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	2328,2329,2330	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0		4979
Cervelleite ()*	None	Ag₄TeS	1	2328	42
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	2328,2329,2330	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	3	2328,2329,2330	1756
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	3	2328,2329,2330	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	2328	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	2328	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	2328,2329,2330	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	2328,2330	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	2328,2329,2330	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	2328,2329,2330	12537
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	1	2328	252
Miharaite ()*	None	PbCu₄FeBiS₆	1	2328	19
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	2328,2329,2330	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	3	2328,2329,2330	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	2328,2329,2330	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	2328,2329,2330	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	3	2328,2329,2330	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	2328,2329,2330	21482
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	1	2328	190
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	1	2328	297

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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