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Locality Name:
Gastre Department, Chubut Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 24087
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24087.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gastre Department, Chubut Province, Argentina": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Cacique Yanquetruz
Cañadón Sauzal Occurrence
Carhué Niyeu Deposit
Cerro De Los Chivos
Cuchilla Blanca Occurrence
El Escorial
Laguna Del Molle Occurrence
Lagunita Salada
Los Manantiales Mining District
Navidad Project

Latitude: 43°4'"S
Longitude: 68°46'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -43.066666666667,-68.766666666667

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.

Acanthite	Amorphous	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kobellite	Malachite
Marcasite	Meneghinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite

Acanthite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Ángelaite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Betekhtinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Cervelleite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Matildite ()*	Miharaite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Uranophane-β ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schröckingerite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Tellurium ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*
Wittichenite ()*

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 Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Te U V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amorphous Aragonite Arsenopyrite Autunite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kobellite Malachite
Marcasite Meneghinite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	3	2331,2333,2335	2793
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	2	2327,2328	315
Ángelaite ()*	Kobellite	Cu₂AgPbBiS₄	1	2328	3
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	2327	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	5	2327,2328,2329,2330,2331	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	2	2321,2322	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	2327	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	2318,2331,2333	11547
Betekhtinite ()*	None	(Cu,Fe)₂₁Pb₂S₁₅	2	2327,2328	45
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	4	2327,2328,2329,2330	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	2328,2329,2330,2331,2333	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	1	2320	1184
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	2327	4979
Cervelleite ()*	None	Ag₄TeS	2	2327,2328	42
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	2327,2328,2329,2330	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	4	2327,2328,2329,2330	1756
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	3	2328,2329,2330	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	2328	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	2328	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7	2327,2328,2329,2330,2331,2333,2335	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	2327,2328,2330	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	2327,2328,2329,2330	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	2327,2328,2329,2330	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	2	2321,2322	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	2331	5674
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	2	2327,2328	252
Miharaite ()*	None	PbCu₄FeBiS₆	2	2327,2328	19
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	2322,2328,2329,2330	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	2324	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4	2327,2328,2329,2330	2349
Uranophane-β ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	2320	144
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	2327,2328,2329,2330,2331,2333	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	2327,2328,2329,2330,2331	61156
Schröckingerite ()*	None	NaCa₃(UO₂)(SO₄)(CO₃)₃F·10H₂O	3	2320,2321,2322	128
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	6	2327,2328,2329,2330,2331,2333	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	2327,2328,2329,2330	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1	2335	332
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	2	2327,2328	190
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	3	2320,2321,2322	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	2320	890
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	2	2327,2328	297

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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