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Locality Name:
Cerro Atajo, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina


mindat Locality ID: 240157
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240157.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cerro Atajo, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Carmen Vein
María Eugenia Vein
Triunfo Vein

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: As Ba Bi C Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Sn V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteChalcopyriteCovelliteDigeniteEnargiteGermaniteMalachiteMarcasiteMeneghinite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStanniteStannoiditeTetrahedrite
Wurtzite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chatkalite  (*)Colusite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)Kësterite  (*)
Luzonite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Nekrasovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannoidite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Watanabeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS312014315
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)120142734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS120149052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1201411547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4120145516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S120145707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21201427198
Chatkalite  (*)NoneCu6FeSn2S8120148
Colusite  (*)Sphalerite GermaniteCu13VAs3S1612014110
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS120144165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O120142970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S120141027
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS412014910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1201424243
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS41201482
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS412014198
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21201412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2120145674
Nekrasovite  (*)Germanite SphaleriteCu13VSn3S161201411
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21201439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8120149056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21201461156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1201421482
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S121201480
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13120145317
Watanabeite  (*)NoneCu4(As,Sb)2S5120147


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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