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Locality Name:
El Palmar Hot Springs, Cerros De Santa Bárbara (Cerro Santa Bárbara), Santa Bárbara Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina


mindat Locality ID: 247759
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247759.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "El Palmar Hot Springs, Cerros De Santa Bárbara (Cerro Santa Bárbara), Santa Bárbara Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Santa Bárbara Sulphur Mine

Latitude: 24°5'10"S
Longitude: 64°35'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.086111111111,-64.595277777778
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 Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
GypsumHalotrichiteHexahydriteMetavoltineNoneNot in a structural groupRocksaltSulphurVoltaite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunogen  (*)Ferrinatrite  (*)Goldichite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)
Halotrichite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)Krausite  (*)Metavoltine  (*)Sideronatrite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Voltaite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O12725272
Ferrinatrite  (*)NoneNa3Fe3+(SO4)3·3H2O1272525
Goldichite  (*)NoneKFe3+(SO4)2·4H2O1272512
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O127256890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl127251398
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O12725409
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O12725251
Krausite  (*)NoneKFe3+(SO4)2·H2O1272521
Metavoltine  (*)MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12·18H2O1272578
Sideronatrite  (*)NoneNa2Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)·3H2O1272573
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS127252045
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O12725111


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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