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Locality Name:
Jagüé, Vinchina Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina


mindat Locality ID: 248158
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248158.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jagüé, Vinchina Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Quebrada De Cumichango
Sierra De Cumichango
Sierra Del Toro Negro

Latitude: 28°21'47"S
Longitude: 68°23'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.363055555556,-68.395833333333

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 As C Ca Ce Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AuricuprideAutuniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumFluoriteHydrotalciteLöllingiteMarcasite
MicaMilleriteMonaziteNatroautuniteNickelineNonePentlanditePerovskitePyriteSpinel
VivianiteZircon

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Annabergite  (*)Autunite  (*)Awaruite  (*)Becquerelite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Godlevskite  (*)
Heazlewoodite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Maucherite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrouranospinite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)
Reevesite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranospinite  (*)Vaesite  (*)Yukonite  (*)
Zeunerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O12962445
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O129621272
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe12963166
Becquerelite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O1296292
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1296227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS232962,2963,296427198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4129633902
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O12962566
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2129629895
Godlevskite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81296340
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S212963205
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O322963,29645433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41296314899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2129625674
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As812962161
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS129621066
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)12962945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21296217380
Natrouranospinite  (*)NatroautuniteNa2(UO2)2(AsO4)2·5H2O1296213
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs12962633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS12962767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S822963,29641512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21296239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S822963,29649056
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs212962233
Reevesite  (*)HydrotalciteNi6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O1296248
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2129622718
Uranospinite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10H2O1296251
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS212962106
Yukonite  (*)NoneCa2Fe3+3(AsO4)3(OH)4·4H2O1296229
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O12962185



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