Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Famatina, Famatina Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 24407
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24407.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Famatina, Famatina Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Puerto Alegre
Ramblones Mine

Latitude: 28°55'"S
Longitude: 67°30'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.916666666667,-67.516388888889

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.

Calcite	Copper	Covellite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Rocksalt

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe O Pb Se

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Copper Covellite Marcasite None Not in a structural group Rocksalt

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Eucairite ()*	Ferroselite ()*	Gold ()*
Klockmannite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Umangite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	2912	27770
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	1	2912	281
Eucairite ()*	None	CuAgSe	1	2912	54
Ferroselite ()*	Marcasite	FeSe₂	1	2912	51
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	2913	30554
Klockmannite ()*	Covellite	Cu_5.2Se₆	1	2912	63
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	1	2912	192
Umangite ()*	None	Cu₃Se₂	1	2912	71

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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