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:
Valcheta, Valcheta Department, Río Negro Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 282982
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-282982.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Valcheta, Valcheta Department, Río Negro Province, Argentina": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
San Roque Deposit

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.

Aragonite	Brochantite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Digenite	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stannite

Antlerite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Digenite ()*
Dzhalindite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Roquesite ()*	Sakuraiite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Wittichenite ()*

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 Au Bi C Cu Fe H In O Pb S Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Brochantite Chalcopyrite Copper Digenite None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Stannite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	1	3248	246
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	3248	1633
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	3248	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	3248	27198
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	3248	1027
Dzhalindite ()*	Perovskite	In(OH)₃	1	3248	16
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	3248	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	3248	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	3248	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	3248	61156
Roquesite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuInS₂	1	3248	46
Sakuraiite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	(Cu,Zn,Fe)₃(In,Sn)S₄	1	3248	10
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	3248	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	3248	21482
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	1	3248	297

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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