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Locality Name:
Chicligasta Department, Tucumán Province, Argentina


mindat Locality ID: 239494
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239494.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chicligasta Department, Tucumán Province, Argentina": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Cerro Bayo
Cumbres De Santa Ana
Nevados Del Aconquija
Parque Nacional Campo De Los Alisos

Latitude: 27°18'41"S
Longitude: 65°56'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.311388888889,-65.949722222222
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Au B Fe H K Mo Na O S Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousClayCopperMicaMolybdeniteNoneQuartzRutileSphaleriteTourmaline

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Cassiterite  (*)Gold  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)
Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO223697,36995171
Gold  (*)CopperAu23699,370030554
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2136995800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21369817380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O137022994
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO223698,370261156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)136982705
Silver  (*)CopperAg23699,37005186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1369721482


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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