Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
San Martin Pluton, Valcheta Department, Río Negro Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 248252
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248252.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Martin Pluton, Valcheta Department, Río Negro Province, Argentina": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Horizon Mine
Navarro And La Perla Mines
Pachamama Mine
San Martín Mine

Latitude: 40°29'"S
Longitude: 66°5'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -40.483333333333,-66.091666666667

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Covellite	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Meneghinite	Mica
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stannoidite	Tetrahedrite

Aikinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cervelleite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*
Hübnerite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kësterite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spionkopite ()*
Stannoidite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wittichenite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Corundum Covellite Fluorite Kaolinite Meneghinite Mica
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Stannite Stannoidite Tetrahedrite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	1	3246	315
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	3246	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	3246	27770
Cervelleite ()*	None	Ag₄TeS	1	3246	42
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	3246	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	3246	4165
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	3246	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	3246	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	3246	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	3246	804
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	4	3243,3244,3245,3246	469
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	3246	5591
Kësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂ZnSnS₄	1	3246	82
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	3246	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	3243	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	3243,3246	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	3246	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	3246	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	3246	21482
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈	1	3246	73
Stannoidite ()*	Stannoidite	Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂	1	3246	80
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	3246	5317
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	1	3246	297

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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