Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cochinoca Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 241633
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-241633.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cochinoca Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Abra Pampa District
Barrancas
Candado River
Casabindo
Chumarte
Lake Guayatayoc
Puyra
Rachaite
Salinas Grandes
Santa Ana
Tres Pozos
Tusaquillas

Latitude: 23°11'11"S
Longitude: 65°59'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.186388888889,-65.998888888889

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.

Allophane	Amorphous	Amphibole	Baddeleyite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Cristobalite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Löllingite	Malachite	Marcasite
Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Allophane ()*	Azurite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hydrokenoelsmoreite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Nickeline ()*	Opal ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Polybasite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*	Rutile ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 C Ca Cd Ce Cl Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Baddeleyite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Covellite Cristobalite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Löllingite Malachite Marcasite
Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Polybasite Prehnite Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Titanite Wurtzite Zircon

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	2606	8803
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	1	2604	470
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	2589	5509
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	1	2606	238
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	5	2590,2591,2592,2593,2599	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	2591,2593	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	2604	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	2595,2597,2606,2611	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	2591,2593	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	2591,2593,2604	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	2591,2593	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	2604	453
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	2606	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	2606	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	2591,2593,2604	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	2591,2593,2596	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	2604	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	2595,2597,2611	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	2605	1398
Hydrokenoelsmoreite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂W₂O₆(H₂O)	1	2609	57
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	2596,2606	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	2596,2606	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	2589	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	2604	5674
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	2596	945
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	2	2591,2593	633
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	2604	2994
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2	2591,2593	767
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	2604	716
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	2606	1898
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	2604	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	2591,2593,2604	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	2591,2593,2604	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	2	2591,2593	233
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	2606	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	3	2591,2593,2604	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	2591,2593,2604	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2	2591,2593	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	2591,2593	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	2606	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	2606	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2	2591,2593	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	2596,2606	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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