Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
El Quevar Mining District, Los Andes Department, Salta Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 24643
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24643.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "El Quevar Mining District, Los Andes Department, Salta Province, Argentina": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
El Quevar Mine
Incahuasi Valley

Latitude: 24°31'"S
Longitude: 66°16'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.516666666667,-66.271111111111

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	Alunite	Aragonite	Aramayoite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Cristobalite	Enargite	Epidote	Geocronite	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Lillianite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Owyheeite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stannoidite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Tridymite	Wurtzite

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Aragonite Aramayoite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Coronadite Corundum Covellite Cristobalite Enargite Epidote Geocronite Gypsum Kaolinite
Lillianite Malachite Marcasite Mica None Not in a structural group Owyheeite Polybasite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Stannite Stannoidite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Tridymite Wurtzite

55 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aramayoite ()*	Baryte ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cristobalite ()*
Cryptomelane ()*	Diaphorite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Famatinite ()*
Freibergite ()*	Freieslebenite ()*	Galena ()*	Geocronite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Jordanite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Lillianite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mawsonite ()*	Miargyrite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Owyheeite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Seligmannite ()*
Semseyite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stannoidite ()*	Stephanite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tridymite ()*	Yugawaralite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	3309,3311	2793
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	3310	966
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	3309	2734
Aramayoite ()*	Aramayoite	Ag₃Sb₂(Bi,Sb)S₆	2	3309,3311	29
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	3311	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	3	3309,3311,3313	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	2	3309,3311	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	3309,3310	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	3309,3311	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	3309	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	3309	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	3309,3311	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	2	3309,3313	1382
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	3309,3311	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	3310	453
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	3313	599
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	2	3309,3311	126
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	2	3309,3311	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	3310	8173
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	2	3309,3311	163
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	2	3309,3311	663
Freieslebenite ()*	None	AgPbSbS₃	1	3309	105
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	3309,3311	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	3	3309,3311,3313	133
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	3310	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	3310	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	3310	2228
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	1	3311	105
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	3310	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	3310	1271
Lillianite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆	1	3311	128
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	3310	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	3309,3311	5674
Mawsonite ()*	None	Cu₆Fe₂SnS₈	1	3309	92
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	2	3309,3311	300
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	3310	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	3310	17380
Owyheeite ()*	Owyheeite	Ag₃Pb₁₀Sb₁₁S₂₈	1	3311	89
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	2	3309,3311	249
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	2	3309,3311	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	3311	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	2	3309,3311	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	3309,3311	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	3309,3310	61156
Seligmannite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbAsS₃	2	3309,3311	64
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	1	3309	165
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	3309,3311	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	3311	668
Stannoidite ()*	Stannoidite	Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂	1	3309	80
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	2	3309,3311	586
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	3310	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2	3309,3311	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	3309,3311	5317
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	3310	458
Yugawaralite ()*	None	Ca(Si₆Al₂)O₁₆·4H₂O	1	3310	33

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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