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Locality Name:
Sarmiento Department, Chubut Province, Argentina


mindat Locality ID: 239613
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239613.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sarmiento Department, Chubut Province, Argentina": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Cerro Negro
Cerro Solo Deposit
Lago Colhué Huapi
Laguna Palacios
Sarmiento Petrified Forest

Latitude: 45°29'18"S
Longitude: 68°57'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -45.488333333333,-68.957777777778
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: Ba Ca H K O P S Si Sr U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AutuniteBaryteGypsumMeta-autuniteNoneQuartz

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Autunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Carnotite  (*)Celestine  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Meta-autunite  (*)Quartz  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O123711272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1237311547
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O123711184
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)123731252
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O123726890
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O12371388
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21237461156
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O12371628
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O12371890


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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