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Locality Name:
Famatina Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina


mindat Locality ID: 239731
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239731.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Famatina Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Famatina

Latitude: 28°55'"S
Longitude: 67°30'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.916666666667,-67.516111111111

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: Ag Au C Ca Cu Fe O Pb Se 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteCopperCovelliteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupRocksalt

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Eucairite  (*)Ferroselite  (*)Gold  (*)
Klockmannite  (*)Naumannite  (*)Umangite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1291227770
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe12912281
Eucairite  (*)NoneCuAgSe1291254
Ferroselite  (*)MarcasiteFeSe21291251
Gold  (*)CopperAu1291330554
Klockmannite  (*)CovelliteCu5.2Se61291263
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se12912192
Umangite  (*)NoneCu3Se21291271



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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