Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tupungato, Tupungato Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 283739
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283739.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Salamanca Mine

Latitude: 33°21'"S
Longitude: 69°28'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.35,-69.466666666667

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Malachite	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel
Talc	Valleriite	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Argentopentlandite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltpentlandite ()*
Copper ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*
Tremolite ()*	Valleriite ()*

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 As Au C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mo Ni O S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Copper Corundum Cubanite Malachite Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel
Talc Valleriite Wurtzite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	3072	3419
Argentopentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Ag(Fe,Ni)₈S₈	1	3072	67
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	3072	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	3072	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	3072	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	3072	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	3072	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	3072	951
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	3072	966
Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Co₉S₈	1	3072	82
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	3072	3846
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	3072	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	3072	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	3072	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	3072	944
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	3072	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	3072	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	3072	5433
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	3072	451
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	3072	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	3072	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	3072	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	3072	5800
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	3072	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	3072	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	3072	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	3072	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	3072	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	3072	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	3072	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	3072	2562
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	1	3072	237

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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