Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Río Negro Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 29006
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29006.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Río Negro Province, Argentina": 49
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Adolfo Alsina Department
Avellaneda Department
Bariloche Department
Conesa Department
El Cuy Department
General Roca Department
Ñorquincó Department
Nueve De Julio Department
Pichi Mahuida Department
Pilcaniyeu Department
Rio Limay Meteorite
San Antonio Department
Valcheta Department
Veinticinco De Mayo Department

Latitude: 40°55'10"S
Longitude: 69°4'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -40.919444444444,-69.068888888889

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.

Acanthite	Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cristobalite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Meneghinite	Mica	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group
Perovskite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sepiolite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stannite	Stannoidite	Tetrahedrite	Tridymite

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H In K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Cristobalite Descloizite Diaspore Digenite Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Meneghinite Mica Natrolite None Not in a structural group
Perovskite Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sepiolite Sphalerite Spinel
Stannite Stannoidite Tetrahedrite Tridymite

63 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Antlerite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Cervelleite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Dickite ()*
Digenite ()*	Dzhalindite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hessite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Halloysite-10Å ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kësterite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Mottramite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Roquesite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sakuraiite ()*	Scheelite ()*
Scolecite ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spionkopite ()*	Stannoidite ()*	Surite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tridymite ()*
Vanadinite ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	3251	2793
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	1	3246	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	3214	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	3226	2734
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	1	3248	246
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	3241	3250
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	3226	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	3226	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	3211	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	3246	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	3248	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	3217,3218,3226,3241,3246,3251	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	3226,3248	4979
Cervelleite ()*	None	Ag₄TeS	1	3246	42
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	3226	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	3246,3248	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	3246	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	3223	453
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	2	3234,3254	378
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	3253,3256	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	2	3226,3248	1027
Dzhalindite ()*	Perovskite	In(OH)₃	1	3248	16
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	3214,3218	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	3234,3246	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	3226,3246,3248	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	3223	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	3248,3251	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	3226,3231	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	3231	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	3223,3226,3236,3246	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	3246	804
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	4	3243,3244,3245,3246	469
Halloysite-10Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	1	3223	62
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	3246,3254	5591
Kësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂ZnSnS₄	1	3246	82
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	3217	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	3236	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	3226	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	3234	1107
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	3226	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	3246	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	3226	2994
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	1	3226	158
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	3218	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	3214,3243,3248,3251	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	3216,3218,3234,3243,3246,3248,3251	61156
Roquesite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuInS₂	1	3248	46
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	3246	5614
Sakuraiite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	(Cu,Zn,Fe)₃(In,Sn)S₄	1	3248	10
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	3246	4894
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	3215	390
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	3239	241
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	3216	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	3248	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	3246,3248	21482
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈	1	3246	73
Stannoidite ()*	Stannoidite	Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂	1	3246	80
Surite ()*	None	(Pb,Ca)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(CO₃)₂(OH)₃·0.3H₂O	1	3226	4
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	3246	5317
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	3223	458
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	3	3226,3234,3235	605
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	2	3246,3248	297
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	2	3226,3234	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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