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Locality Name:
Coronel Felipe Varela Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina


mindat Locality ID: 239730
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239730.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Coronel Felipe Varela Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
El Llanito Occurrence
Guandacol
Parque Nacional Talampaya
Talampaya Meteorite
Talampaya Occurrence
Villa Unión

Latitude: 29°39'15"S
Longitude: 68°15'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.654166666667,-68.261944444444

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 Ba C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAragoniteAutuniteBaryteCalciteClayCorundumFeldspar
FluoriteGarnetIronMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
Spinel

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Augite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Becquerelite  (*)Boltwoodite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cuprosklodowskite  (*)
Ferro-ferri-katophorite  (*)Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)Jarosite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Opal  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Troilite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3129062353
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)128992734
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)129041036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6129042060
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)622896,2899919
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O22900,29051272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2128995509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1289911547
Becquerelite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O32900,2901,290292
Boltwoodite  (*)None(K,Na)(UO2)(SiO3OH)·1.5H2O32900,2901,290267
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)42896,2899,2900,290327770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O22900,29051184
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)128994979
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4129043902
Cuprosklodowskite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O32900,2901,290258
Ferro-ferri-katophorite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2129076
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1289924243
Graphite  (*)NoneC129082812
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O22896,28991689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)622896,28991066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3129045433
Iron  (*)IronFe129041089
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6128992228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21289912537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21289817380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O22898,29032994
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO232898,2903,290861156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)22896,28992473
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS129041044
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O22900,2905628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO242900,2901,2902,29052718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O22900,2905890



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