Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Tunuyán Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 239755
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239755.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tunuyán Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Manzano Histórico

Latitude: 33°56'39"S
Longitude: 69°53'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.944166666667,-69.893055555556

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.

Bismutite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Kobellite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetradymite

Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Diopside ()*
Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*	Hematite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetradymite ()*

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: Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe Mg Mo O Pb S Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Bismutite Chalcopyrite Corundum Kobellite Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetradymite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	3069	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	3069	716
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	3069	27198
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	1	3069	344
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	3069	4135
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	3069	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	1	3069	192
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	3069	14640
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	1	3069	249
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	3069	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	3069	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	3069	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	3069	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	3069	21482
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	3069	510

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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