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Locality Name:
San Francisco Del Chañar, Sobremonte Department, Córdoba Province, Argentina


mindat Locality ID: 292844
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-292844.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Francisco Del Chañar, Sobremonte Department, Córdoba Province, Argentina": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sierra Norte De Córdoba

Latitude: 29°46'32"S
Longitude: 64°7'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.775555555556,-64.129166666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Al C Cu Fe H Mg O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneChalcopyriteChloriteClayCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteMalachiteNone
PyriteQuartzSphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Baileychlore  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baileychlore  (*)Chlorite Clay(Zn,Fe2+,Al,Mg)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH)81252116
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4125215516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21252127198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O125213531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS125214165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S125211027
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)125217437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31252114640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21252112537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21252139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21252161156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1252121482


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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