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:
Salar Del Hombre Muerto, Antofagasta De La Sierra Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 239876
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239876.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Salar Del Hombre Muerto, Antofagasta De La Sierra Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 23
Child Localities:
20 De Febrero Mine
Centenario Mine
Cerro Ratones
Cuba Mine
Cuernos Primera Mine
Delia Mine
Habana Mine
Hortencia Mine
Incahuasi Mine
La Catamarqueña Mine
La Jujeña Mine
La Paciencia Mine
La Peregrina Mine
La Perseverancia Mine
La Providencia Mine
La Salteña Mine
Mañana Mine
Patricia Mine
Providencia Y Calchaquina Mine
San Antonio Mine
San Luis Mine
San Raúl Mine
Soledad Mine

Latitude: 25°21'"S
Longitude: 67°2'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.35,-67.049444444444

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	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Cristobalite	Diaspore	Gypsum	Lepidocrocite
Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel

Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Borax ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Colemanite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Glauberite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Lepidocrocite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Opal ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Thénardite ()*
Ulexite ()*

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 As Au B C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cl Fe H Na O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Cristobalite Diaspore Gypsum Lepidocrocite
Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spinel

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	2040	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	2046	9052
Borax ()*	None	Na₂B₄O₅(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	2038	76
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	2040,2046	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	2046	27198
Colemanite ()*	None	CaB₃O₄(OH)₃·H₂O	2	2044,2045	144
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	0		453
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	0		137
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	2046	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	2046,2049,2050,2051,2052	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	2040	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	0		1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	2046	581
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	2046	12537
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	0		223
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	0		2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	2040,2046,2057	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	2046,2057	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	2042	1516
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	0		299
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O	14	2039,2041,2043,2044,2045,2047,2048,2053,2054,2055,2056,2058,2059,2060	160

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060645	Salar Del Hombre Muerto, Antofagasta De La Sierra Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina	https://rruff.info/R060645

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