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:
Zapala Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 239787
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239787.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zapala Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Mariano Moreno
Puente Picún Leufú
Sierra De La Vaca Muerta

Latitude: 38°54'37"S
Longitude: 70°5'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -38.910277777778,-70.090833333333

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.

Amorphous	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Gypsum	Kaolinite	None	Quartz
Sulphur

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 Fe H O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Fe H O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Gypsum Kaolinite None Quartz
Sulphur

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Opal ()*	Quartz ()*	Sulphur ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0		3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	3205,3206	27770
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	3204,3205,3206	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	3206	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	3205,3206	61156
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	3204	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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