Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Caucete Department, San Juan Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 239824
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239824.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Caucete Department, San Juan Province, Argentina": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
La Huerta Range

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Corundum	Covellite	Geocronite	Meneghinite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Aikinite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Berryite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Galena ()*	Geocronite ()*	Greenockite ()*
Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Matildite ()*	Miharaite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wittichenite ()*

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 As Bi Cd Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Corundum Covellite Geocronite Meneghinite Nickeline None Pyrite Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	1	3401	315
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	3401	9052
Berryite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₃Ag₂Pb₃Bi₇S₁₆	1	3401	50
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	3401	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	3401	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	3401	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	3401	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	3401	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	1	3401	133
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	3401	717
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	3401	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	3401	14899
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	1	3401	252
Miharaite ()*	None	PbCu₄FeBiS₆	1	3401	19
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	3401	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	3401	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	3401	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	3401	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	3401	5317
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	1	3401	297

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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