Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Deseado Massif, Magallanes Department, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 23515
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23515.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Deseado Massif, Magallanes Department, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Cerro Redondo Cinder Cone
El Salado
La Rosita Prospect
La Sarita Prospect
Manantial Espejo Mine
Manantial Espejo Prospect
Martha Mine

Latitude: 48°52'36"S
Longitude: 69°47'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -48.876666666667,-69.785555555556

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	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Fluorite	Kaolinite
Marcasite	Mica	Millerite	None	Pentlandite	Polybasite	Pseudobrookite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Uytenbogaardtite

Acanthite ()*	Armalcolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Petzite ()*
Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Uytenbogaardtite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Fe Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Fluorite Kaolinite
Marcasite Mica Millerite None Pentlandite Polybasite Pseudobrookite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Uytenbogaardtite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	3	3580,3585,3587	2793
Armalcolite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Mg,Fe²⁺)Ti₂O₅	1	3578	39
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	3580,3585,3587	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	3580,3585	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	3580,3585	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	3578,3585,3587	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	3580	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	3	3580,3585,3587	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	3585,3587	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	3578,3580,3585,3587	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	3578	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	3580	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	3587	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	3578	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	3580,3587	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	3578	1512
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	1	3580	409
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	3585	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	3	3580,3585,3587	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	3580,3585,3587	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	3580,3585,3587	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	3580	1711
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	3	3580,3585,3587	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	3585,3587	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	3578	1934
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1	3585	332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	3585,3587	5317
Uytenbogaardtite ()*	Uytenbogaardtite	Ag₃AuS₂	2	3580,3585	46

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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