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:
Las Heras, Las Heras Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 279907
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279907.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Las Heras, Las Heras Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Puesto La Peña Alkaline Complex

Latitude: 32°42'"S
Longitude: 69°'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.7,-69

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Mica	None	Pyroxene	Spinel

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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Mica None Pyroxene Spinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Augite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Spinel ()*	Ulvöspinel ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	2985	2060
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	2985	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	2985	4135
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	2985	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	2985	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	2985	14899
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	2985	2273
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	2985	1934
Ulvöspinel ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂TiO₄	1	2985	120

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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