Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Uruguay

mindat Locality ID: 25499
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25499.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Uruguay": 45
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 33

Number of Child Localities: 22
Child Localities:
Artigas Department
Canelones Department
Cerro De Butucaray
Cerro Largo Department
Colonia Department
Durazno Department
Flores Department
Florida Department
Lavalleja Department
Maldonado Department
Montevideo Department
Paysandú Department
Río Negro Department
Rivera Department
Rocha Department
Salto Department
San Francisco Valley
San José Department
Soriano Department
Tacuarembó Department
Treinta Y Tres Department
Valentines Prospect

Latitude: 33°16'35"S
Longitude: 55°45'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.276388888889,-55.753055555556

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.

Amphibole	Baddeleyite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore	Feldspar
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Argentopentlandite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Calcite ()*
Celadonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Corundum ()*	Cubanite ()*	Diaspore ()*
Ferro-actinolite ()*	Froodite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Paolovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Strengite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Variscite ()*

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 Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb Pd S Si Sn Te Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baddeleyite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Cubanite Diaspore Feldspar
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pentlandite Quartz Rocksalt Spinel Wurtzite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	123956	8803
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	123956	295
Argentopentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Ag(Fe,Ni)₈S₈	1	123968	67
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	1	123968	238
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	123930,123931,123933,123934,123935,123940	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	123930	309
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	123968	27198
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	123953	1797
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	123968	802
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	123953	481
Ferro-actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_2.5-0.0Fe²⁺_2.5-5.0)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	123968	129
Froodite ()*	None	PdBi₂	1	123968	62
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	123968	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	123930	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	123963,123973	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	123930,123931,123934,123935	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	123968	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	123968	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	123966,123968	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	123968	5800
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	123956	2349
Paolovite ()*	None	Pd₂Sn	1	123968	38
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	123968	1512
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	123968	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	13	123929,123930,123931,123933,123934,123935,123936,123938,123940,123956,123963,123968,123973	61156
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	123954	263
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	123968	2562
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	123954	301

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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