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:
Alemania, Guachipas Department, Salta Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 285535
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-285535.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alemania, Guachipas Department, Salta Province, Argentina": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Cajoncillo

Latitude: 25°37'27"S
Longitude: 65°36'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.624166666667,-65.613055555556

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Auricupride	Calcite	Copper	Corundum	Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Zircon

Auricupride ()*	Calcite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Coffinite ()*	Conichalcite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Lavendulan ()*	Malachite ()*
Neotocite ()*	Silver ()*	Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*
Uvanite ()*

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 Cl Cu Fe H Mn Na O P S Si U V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Auricupride Calcite Copper Corundum Fluorite Gypsum Malachite None
Not in a structural group Perovskite Zircon

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Auricupride ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Cu₃Au	1	3280	24
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	3280	27770
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	3280	3531
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	1	3280	566
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	3280	363
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	3280	2970
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	3280	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	3280	14640
Lavendulan ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	1	3280	149
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	3280	12537
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	1	3280	186
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	3280	5186
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	3280	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	3280	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	3280	890
Uvanite ()*	None	(UO₂)₂V⁵⁺₆O₁₇·15H₂O (?)	1	3280	9

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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