Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Río Chico Department, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 239844
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239844.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Río Chico Department, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Deseado Massif
El Tranquilo Project
Lago Nansen Prospect

Latitude: 47°56'57"S
Longitude: 70°27'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -47.949166666667,-70.465833333333

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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Berthierite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	Marcasite	None	Polybasite	Pyrite
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Berthierite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Marcasite ()*
Petzite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Au C Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Berthierite Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Marcasite None Polybasite Pyrite
Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	3593,3597	9052
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	1	3593	343
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	3597	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	3597	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	3593	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	3597	4165
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	3593	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	3593	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	3593	30554
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	3593	5674
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	2	3593,3594	409
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	3597	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	2	3593,3597	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	3593,3597	39462
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	3593,3597	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	3597	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	3597	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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