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 Roque Deposit, Valcheta, Valcheta Department, Río Negro Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 248253
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248253.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Roque Deposit, Valcheta, Valcheta Department, Río Negro Province, Argentina": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Aragonite	Brochantite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Digenite	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stannite

Antlerite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Digenite ()*
Dzhalindite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Roquesite ()*	Sakuraiite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	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 Au Bi C Cu Fe H In O Pb S Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Au Bi C Cu Fe H In O Pb S Si Sn Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Brochantite Chalcopyrite Copper Digenite None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Stannite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	246
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1027
Dzhalindite ()*	Perovskite	In(OH)₃	16
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Roquesite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuInS₂	46
Sakuraiite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	(Cu,Zn,Fe)₃(In,Sn)S₄	10
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	297

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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