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Locality Name:
Villa San José De Vinchina, Vinchina Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina


mindat Locality ID: 279426
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279426.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Villa San José De Vinchina, Vinchina Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
King Tut Deposit

Latitude: 28°23'59"S
Longitude: 67°55'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.399722222222,-67.93
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: As Au Bi Co Cu Fe H Ni O S Si Te 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperDigeniteLöllingiteMarcasiteNickelineNone
PyriteQuartzTetradymiteVivianite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Alloclasite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Digenite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Glaucodot  (*)
Gold  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alloclasite  (*)LöllingiteCoAsS1297056
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O12970445
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS129709052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi129701966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4129705516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21297027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS12970966
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S129701027
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O12970814
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS12970131
Gold  (*)CopperAu1297030554
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2129705674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21297039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8129709056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21297061156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O129701153
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S12970510


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