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Locality Name:
Deseado Massif, Río Chico Department, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 288984
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-288984.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Deseado Massif, Río Chico Department, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Gobernador Gregorio

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.

Arsenopyrite	Berthierite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Tetrahedrite

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 As Au Cu Fe Pb S Sb Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Berthierite Chalcopyrite Copper Marcasite None Pyrite Rocksalt Tetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Berthierite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Marcasite ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Silver ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	3593	9052
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	1	3593	343
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	3593	27198
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	3593	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	3593	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	3593	30554
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	3593	5674
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	2	3593,3594	409
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	3593	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	3593	39462
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	3593	5186

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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