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Locality Name:
Sierra De La Estranzuela, Chacabuco Department, San Luis Province, Argentina


mindat Locality ID: 279064
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279064.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sierra De La Estranzuela, Chacabuco Department, San Luis Province, Argentina": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
La Viquita Pegmatite
San Elías Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 B Be Bi C Ca F Fe H K Li Mn Na O P Si Sn Sr Ta Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteBerylBismutiteChloriteClayColumbiteFeldsparGadoliniteKaolinite
MicaNoneOlivinePyroxeneQuartzRutileTapioliteTourmalineTriplite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Augelite  (*)Bayerite  (*)Beryl  (*)Beyerite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Cookeite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Elbaite  (*)Ferrotitanowodginite  (*)
Ferrowodginite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Goyazite  (*)Herderite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)
Hydroxylherderite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Montebrasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Spodumene  (*)Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)Titanowodginite  (*)Triphylite  (*)Triplite  (*)
Wodginite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)23464,34658803
Augelite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)(OH)323464,346579
Bayerite  (*)NoneAl(OH)31346515
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1823464,34654286
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)21346596
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2134645171
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)823464,3465181
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)623464,3465310
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)13464520
Ferrotitanowodginite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+TiTa2O823464,34654
Ferrowodginite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Sn4+Ta2O823464,346516
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F23464,34652740
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)623464,3465173
Herderite  (*)GadoliniteCaBe(PO4)F1346520
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH23464,3465367
Hydroxylherderite  (*)GadoliniteCaBe(PO4)(OH)23464,3465119
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)423464,34655591
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)23464,3465200
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)223464,346517380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO223464,346561156
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O613464688
Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)TapioliteFe2+Ta2O623464,346588
Titanowodginite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+TiTa2O8134647
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)13464313
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F13464233
Wodginite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Sn4+Ta2O81346478


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