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Locality Name:
Fiambalá, Tinogasta Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina


mindat Locality ID: 242761
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-242761.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fiambalá, Tinogasta Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Las Termas Occurrence
Sierra De Fiambalá

Latitude: 27°34'17"S
Longitude: 67°25'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.571388888889,-67.426944444444
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 Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Mg Ni O P S Si Ti U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AuricuprideChalcopyriteCorundumFluoriteNickelineNonePentlanditePerovskitePhosphuranylitePyrite
Spinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Awaruite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Coconinoite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Heazlewoodite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Phurcalite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Saléeite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe12228166
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21222827198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4122283902
Coconinoite  (*)NoneFe3+2Al2(UO2)2(PO4)4(SO4)(OH)2·20H2O122279
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2122279617
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S212228205
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3122285433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41222814899
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O12227443
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8122281512
Phurcalite  (*)PhosphuranyliteCa2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2·7H2O1222720
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21222739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8122289056
Saléeite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)101222795
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2122272718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O12227890


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