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Locality Name:
Lago Buenos Aires Department, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina


mindat Locality ID: 239842
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239842.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lago Buenos Aires Department, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Deseado Massif
Lomada De Leiva Mine

Latitude: 46°49'16"S
Longitude: 70°25'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -46.821111111111,-70.420833333333
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 Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteMicaNonePyrite
QuartzRhodoniteRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S135732793
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2135733092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS135739052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4135735516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1357327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21357327198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS135734165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1357324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu1357330554
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21357317380
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3135731425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21357339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21357361156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)13573969
Silver  (*)CopperAg135735186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1357321482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS413573586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13135735317


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