Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Trancas Department, Tucumán Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 239504
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239504.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Trancas Department, Tucumán Province, Argentina": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Arroyo Campo Redondo
Arroyo India Muerta
Arroyo Saladillo
El Brete
Raco
Talapunco
Tapia Area
Tapia Gypsum Deposit
Trancas Meteorites
Vipos

Latitude: 26°25'12"S
Longitude: 65°20'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.42,-65.347777777778

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Quartz

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 C Ca Cu H K Mg Na O P S Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Calcite Clay Fluorite Gypsum Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group
Quartz

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*
Thénardite ()*	Uraninite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	3785	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	3785	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	3782,3783,3784,3785,3789	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	3789	9895
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	5	3782,3784,3790,3791,3793	6890
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	3785	367
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	3785	12537
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	3	3785,3793,3794	223
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	3782,3783,3784,3793	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	3782,3783,3784,3786,3787,3788,3790,3793	61156
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	2	3793,3794	299
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	3785	2718

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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