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:
Velasco District, Huaco, Sanagasta Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 279191
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279191.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Velasco District, Huaco, Sanagasta Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bolsoncito Pegmatite
La Buena II Pegmatite
La Remo Pegmatite
Sierras De Velazco

Latitude: 29°10'30"S
Longitude: 66°58'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.175,-66.966666666667

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.

Beryl	Clay	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Triplite
Zircon

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 Be Ca F Fe H K Li Mn O P Si U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Clay Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Mica None Pyroxene Quartz Triplite
Zircon

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Beryl ()*	Fluorite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Quartz ()*	Spodumene ()*	Triplite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4	2950,2951,2952,2954	4286
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	2954	9617
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	2954	5591
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	2954	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	2954	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	2954	61156
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	2	2951,2952	688
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	1	2951	233
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	2954	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	2954	890
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	2954	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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