Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tudcum, Iglesia Department, San Juan Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 282434
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-282434.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tudcum, Iglesia Department, San Juan Province, Argentina": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Frontera Mining District

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Baryte	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Matlockite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Alunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismoclite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Imiterite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Petrovskaite ()*
Platinum ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Tiemannite ()*
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: Ag Al Au Ba Bi Br Cl Fe H Hg I K O Pt S Se Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Baryte Copper Corundum Diaspore Matlockite None Not in a structural group Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Wurtzite Zircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	3413	2793
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	3413	966
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	3413	11547
Bismoclite ()*	Matlockite	BiOCl	1	3413	71
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	1	3413	227
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	3413	1382
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	3413	2600
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	3413	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	3413	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	3413	5433
Imiterite ()*	None	Ag₂HgS₂	1	3413	17
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	1	3413	180
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	3413	2228
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	1	3413	192
Petrovskaite ()*	None	AuAgS	1	3413	9
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	1	3413	485
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	3413	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	3413	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	3413	5186
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe	1	3413	83
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	3413	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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