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Locality Name:
Guandacol, Coronel Felipe Varela Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina


mindat Locality ID: 240431
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240431.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guandacol, Coronel Felipe Varela Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cerro Bola
La Helvecia Mine
Urcal Deposit

Latitude: 29°34'15"S
Longitude: 68°35'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.570833333333,-68.598611111111

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: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O P Pb S Si U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousAragoniteAutuniteBaryteCalciteClayFluoriteMalachiteMica
NoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRocksalt

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Becquerelite  (*)Boltwoodite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Cuprosklodowskite  (*)Galena  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Tyuyamunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)128992734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)612899919
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O129001272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2128995509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1289911547
Becquerelite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O32900,2901,290292
Boltwoodite  (*)None(K,Na)(UO2)(SiO3OH)·1.5H2O32900,2901,290267
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)22899,290027770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O129001184
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)128994979
Cuprosklodowskite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O32900,2901,290258
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1289924243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O128991689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6128991066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6128992228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21289912537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21289817380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O128982994
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21289861156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)128992473
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O12900628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO232900,2901,29022718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O12900890



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