Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rodeo De Tuctuca, Santa Victoria Department, Salta Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 240955
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240955.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rodeo De Tuctuca, Santa Victoria Department, Salta Province, Argentina": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
La Niquelina Mine

Latitude: 22°22'36"S
Longitude: 65°13'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.376666666667,-65.228333333333

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	Arsenic	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Fluorite	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite

Acanthite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Maucherite ()*	Millerite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 As Bi C Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Sb Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenic Calcite Chalcopyrite Fluorite Millerite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Vivianite

15 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	1	3376	2793
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	3376	445
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	3376	1966
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	3376	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	3376	24243
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	1	3376	161
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	3376	1066
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	3376	633
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	3376	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	3376	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	3376	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	3376	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	3376	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	3376	5317
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	3376	2718

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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