Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Ojo De Agua Department, Santiago Del Estero Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 239862
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239862.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ojo De Agua Department, Santiago Del Estero Province, Argentina": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Jasimampa Prospect
Llamapampa Claim
Piedras Blancas

Latitude: 29°23'38"S
Longitude: 63°43'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.393888888889,-63.730555555556

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	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum
Feldspar	Mica	Monazite	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cheralite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*

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 Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sr Th Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O P S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Corundum
Feldspar Mica Monazite None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	3638	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	3638	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	0		3092
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		295
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	3638	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	3638	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Cheralite ()*	Monazite	CaTh(PO₄)₂	1	3638	50
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	3638	518
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	0		2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	3638	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	3638,3639	14640
Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	3638	79
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	2	3638,3639	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	3641	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	3641	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	3641	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	3638	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	3638	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	3638,3639,3641	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	3638	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	3638	589

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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