Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Cruz Del Eje Department, Córdoba Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 239644
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239644.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cruz Del Eje Department, Córdoba Province, Argentina": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cuchilla Nevada
La Higuera

Latitude: 31°18'59"S
Longitude: 64°48'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.316388888889,-64.816388888889

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.

Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 Au Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	2409	9052
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	2409	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	2409	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	2409,2410	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	2409,2410	14640
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	2409,2410	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	2409,2410	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	2409	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	2407,2409,2410	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	2409	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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