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Locality Name:
Nevados De Palermo, La Poma Department, Salta Province, Argentina


mindat Locality ID: 23958
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23958.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nevados De Palermo, La Poma Department, Salta Province, Argentina": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
El Quemado District

Latitude: 24°49'59"S
Longitude: 66°19'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.833055555556,-66.3275

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: Al As B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P S Sb Si Sn Ta Te Ti U Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlluauditeAmphiboleArrojaditeArsenicArseniosideriteAutuniteBerylBismutiteCalciteChalcopyrite
ChalcostibiteChildreniteClayColumbiteCorundumCovelliteFairfielditeFeldsparFluoriteLaueite
LeucophosphiteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePhosphosideritePyritePyrochlore
PyroxeneQuartzRockbridgeiteRutileSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTapioliteTetradymiteTetrahedrite
TourmalineTripliteWicksiteZircon

65 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Alluaudite  (*)Amblygonite  (*)Annivite  (*)
Arrojadite-(KFe)  (*)Autunite  (*)Bederite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bismutotantalite  (*)Brazilianite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Covellite  (*)Dickinsonite-(KMnNa)  (*)
Elbaite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Eosphorite  (*)Fairfieldite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Fluornatromicrolite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Hambergite  (*)Heterosite  (*)Hodrušite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Ingodite  (*)Ixiolite  (*)Joséite-A  (*)Joséite-B  (*)
Laueite  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)Lithiophilite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Mitridatite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Montebrasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Phosphosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spodumene  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)
Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Triphylite  (*)Triplite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Ushkovite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2132973419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)23299,33018803
Alluaudite  (*)Alluaudite   NaMnFe3+2(PO4)31329794
Amblygonite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)F53297,3299,3300,3301,3302244
Annivite  (*)TetrahedriteCu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2](Bi,Sb,As)4S13132977
Arrojadite-(KFe)  (*)Arrojadite(KNa)Fe2+(CaNa2)Fe2+13Al(PO4)11(PO3OH)(OH)223297,329950
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O132971272
Bederite  (*)WicksiteCa2Mn2+4Fe3+2(PO4)6·2H2O23297,32992
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1853297,3299,3300,3301,33024286
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O313300214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi53297,3299,3300,3301,33021966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S353297,3299,3300,3301,33021935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)23297,3300716
Bismutotantalite  (*)NoneBiTaO41330123
Brazilianite  (*)Not in a structural groupNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)423297,329959
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2132975171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21329727198
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O613301289
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS132974165
Dickinsonite-(KMnNa)  (*)ArrojaditeK(NaMn)CaNa3AlMn13(PO4)12(OH)21329926
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)13297520
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS223297,3300246
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O23297,3299128
Fairfieldite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mn2+(PO4)2·2H2O23297,329972
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2132979617
Fluornatromicrolite  (*)Pyrochlore(Na1.5Bi0.5)Ta2O6F1330013
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O423297,3302445
Hambergite  (*)NoneBe2(BO3)(OH)1329781
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)13297204
Hodrušite  (*)NoneCu8Bi12S221330028
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3132975433
Ingodite  (*)TetradymiteBi2TeS1330030
Ixiolite  (*)Columbite(Ta2/3Mn2+1/3)O223297,3299148
Joséite-A  (*)TetradymiteBi4TeS21330050
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S1330086
Laueite  (*)LaueiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O1329770
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O13297110
Lithiophilite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)23297,3299155
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41329714899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)132974924
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O13297129
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2132975800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)23301,3302945
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)23297,3301200
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)243297,3299,3300,330117380
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O23297,3299182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21330039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO243297,3299,3300,330161156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)513297206
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2132975614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)23297,32992705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)132976417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS33297,3301,330221482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O633297,3300,3302688
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O613301211
Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)TapioliteFe2+Ta2O61330188
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13132971803
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S13300510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13132975317
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O132971059
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)53297,3299,3300,3301,3302313
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F23297,3302233
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO233297,3299,33012718
Ushkovite  (*)LaueiteMgFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O23297,329918
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)53297,3299,3300,3301,33025251



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