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Locality Name:
Quebrada De Cumichango, Jagüé, Vinchina Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina


mindat Locality ID: 276878
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276878.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Quebrada De Cumichango, Jagüé, Vinchina Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
San Santiago Mine (Solitaria Mine)

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 Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AutuniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayFluoriteHydrotalciteLöllingiteMarcasiteMicaMillerite
MonaziteNatroautuniteNickelineNonePyriteVivianiteZircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Annabergite  (*)Autunite  (*)Becquerelite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Coffinite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrouranospinite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Pyrite  (*)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
Becquerelite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O1296292
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1296227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21296227198
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O12962566
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2129629895
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
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21296239462
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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