Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Cerro Pichao, Tafí Del Valle Department, Tucumán Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 239484
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239484.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cerro Pichao, Tafí Del Valle Department, Tucumán Province, Argentina": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Cueva De Bazán Mica Deposit ("Cueva De Bazán" Pegmatite)
Alejandra Deposit
Alto Cazadero Deposit
La Negra Deposit
Milagro Mine

Latitude: 26°21'42"S
Longitude: 66°4'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.361666666667,-66.072222222222

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.

Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None
Pyroxene	Quartz	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kasolite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Spodumene ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*

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 B Be C Ca Cu Fe H K Li Na O Pb S Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Calcite Clay Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite Malachite Mica None
Pyroxene Quartz Tourmaline

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	3745,3747	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	3748	2353
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	3	3745,3747,3748	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	3748	5707
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	3748	5591
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O	1	3748	198
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	3748	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	3	3744,3746,3748	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	3744,3745,3746,3747,3748	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	3744,3746,3747,3748	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	3748	2705
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	1	3748	688
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	3748	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	3748	890

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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