Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Zapla District, Palpalá Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 282507
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-282507.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zapla District, Palpalá Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Altos Hornos Zapla
Cerro Zapla

Latitude: 24°14'50"S
Longitude: 65°9'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.247222222222,-65.155833333333

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.

Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	None	Pyrite	Quartz

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 Fe H Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chlorite Clay Corundum Diaspore None Pyrite Quartz

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	2655,2656,2658	27770
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	3	2655,2656,2658	577
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	2655,2656,2658	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	2655,2656,2658	14640
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	2656	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	2655,2656,2658	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	2656	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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