Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 239489
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239489.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tafí Del Valle Department, Tucumán Province, Argentina": 47
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 33

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Amaicha Del Valle District
Arroyo Los Corpitos
Cerro Loma Pelada
Cerro Lomas Coloradas
Cerro Pichao
El Carrizal
El Infiernillo
Estancia Anchilla
Estancia Anchilla Pegmatite District
La Angostura
Lagunas De Vaca Huasi
Loma Pelada
Los Cardones
Managua River
Quilmes
Rincón De Quilmes
Ruinas De Quilmes
Salinas Grandes
Talapazo

Latitude: 26°32'3"S
Longitude: 65°56'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.534166666667,-65.946388888889

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.

Allophane	Amorphous	Autunite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Jahnsite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel	Staurolite	Tourmaline	Triplite

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*
Cordierite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jahnsite-(CaMnMg) ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kasolite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*	Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spodumene ()*
Staurolite ()*	Triplite ()*	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 Au B Ba Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si U Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al K O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Autunite Baryte Beryl Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite
Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Jahnsite Kaolinite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Spinel Staurolite Tourmaline Triplite

39 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)	8	3745,3747,3766,3773,3774,3775,3776,3777	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	8	3732,3748,3751,3756,3757,3773,3774,3775	2353
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	2	3756,3757	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	3742	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	3742	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	12	3734,3735,3738,3745,3747,3748,3766,3773,3774,3775,3776,3777	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	3734,3736,3742,3743	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	3742,3748,3773	5707
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	3773	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	3756	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	2	3756,3757	1008
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	3742	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	7	3731,3733,3756,3757,3761,3762,3763	4135
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	1	3756	163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	3742	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	3742	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2	3734,3736	2812
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	2	3771,3772	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	3739,3756,3757	14640
Jahnsite-(CaMnMg) ()*	Jahnsite	CaMn²⁺Mg₂Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₄(OH)₂·8H₂O	2	3756,3757	14
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	3748,3773	5591
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O	1	3748	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	6	3731,3737,3757,3762,3763,3764	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5	3742,3748,3756,3757,3773	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	11	3731,3744,3746,3748,3751,3756,3757,3764,3773,3774,3775	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	31	3731,3732,3733,3735,3738,3743,3744,3745,3746,3747,3748,3749,3751,3752,3753,3756,3757,3758,3759,3760,3761,3763,3764,3766,3768,3770,3773,3774,3775,3776,3777	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	3733,3737	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4	3773,3774,3775,3777	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2	3751,3773	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	3734,3736	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	32	3731,3733,3734,3735,3736,3737,3738,3739,3742,3744,3746,3747,3748,3749,3751,3752,3753,3754,3756,3757,3758,3759,3760,3761,3762,3763,3764,3766,3773,3774,3775,3776	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		598
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	16	3731,3739,3743,3748,3751,3752,3753,3754,3756,3757,3761,3762,3763,3773,3774,3775	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	3734	1516
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	1	3748	688
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	3760	978
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	1	3756	233
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.

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