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Locality Name:
Los Llantenes Mining District, General Lamadrid Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina


mindat Locality ID: 296999
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-296999.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Los Llantenes Mining District, General Lamadrid Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
El Chire Prospect

Latitude: 28°38'17"S
Longitude: 68°44'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.638055555556,-68.738055555556

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: Ag Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg O Pb Pd S Se 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteBaryteCalciteChrisstanleyiteCopperCorundumCovelliteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
RocksaltSphalerite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Aguilarite  (*)Berzelianite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcomenite  (*)Chrisstanleyite  (*)
Clausthalite  (*)Eucairite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Jagüéite  (*)
Klockmannite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdomenite  (*)Naumannite  (*)Olsacherite  (*)
Silver  (*)Tiemannite  (*)Umangite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aguilarite  (*)AcanthiteAg4SeS1292087
Berzelianite  (*)NoneCu2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)1292066
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1292027770
Chalcomenite  (*)NoneCu(Se4+O3)·2H2O1292040
Chrisstanleyite  (*)ChrisstanleyiteAg2Pd3Se4129206
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe12920281
Eucairite  (*)NoneCuAgSe1292054
Gold  (*)CopperAu1292030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31292014640
Jagüéite  (*)ChrisstanleyiteCu2Pd3Se4129203
Klockmannite  (*)CovelliteCu5.2Se61292063
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21292012537
Molybdomenite  (*)NonePbSe4+O31292015
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se12920192
Olsacherite  (*)BarytePb2(Se6+O4)(SO4)1292010
Silver  (*)CopperAg129205186
Tiemannite  (*)SphaleriteHgSe1292083
Umangite  (*)NoneCu3Se21292071



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