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:
Gran Chaco, Doce De Octubre Department, Chaco Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 280144
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280144.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gran Chaco, Doce De Octubre Department, Chaco Province, Argentina": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Campo Del Cielo Meteorite

Latitude: 27°36'35"S
Longitude: 61°40'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.609722222222,-61.681388888889

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.

Apatite	Copper	Coronadite	Feldspar	Haxonite	Iron	None	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt
Scacchite	Sphalerite	Spinel

Akaganeite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Augite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*
Chromite ()*	Cohenite ()*	Copper ()*	Daubréelite ()*	Diopside ()*
Enstatite ()*	Graphite ()*	Haxonite ()*	Iron ()*	Lawrencite ()*
Schreibersite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Taenite ()*	Troilite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Copper Coronadite Feldspar Haxonite Iron None Perovskite Pyroxene Rocksalt
Scacchite Sphalerite Spinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Akaganeite ()*	Coronadite	(Fe³⁺,Ni²⁺)₈(OH,O)₁₆Cl_1.25·nH₂O	1	2252	63
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	2252	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	2252	8803
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	2252	2060
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	2252	203
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	2252	3902
Cohenite ()*	Perovskite	CFe₃	1	2252	77
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	2252	3846
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	2252	157
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	2252	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	2252	944
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	2252	2812
Haxonite ()*	Haxonite	(Fe,Ni)₂₃C₆	1	2252	26
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	2252	1089
Lawrencite ()*	Scacchite	FeCl₂	1	2252	30
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	2252	374
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	2252	21482
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	2252	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	2252	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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