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Locality Name:
Cacheuta Mine, Cerro De Cacheuta, Sierra De Cacheuta, Cacheuta, Luján De Cuyo Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina


mindat Locality ID: 41
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-41.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cacheuta Mine, Cerro De Cacheuta, Sierra De Cacheuta, Cacheuta, Luján De Cuyo Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°1'18"S
Longitude: 69°7'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.021666666667,-69.127777777778

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 C Co Cu Fe H O Pb S Se 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag C Co Cu Fe H O Pb S Se 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCobaltomeniteCovelliteMarcasiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksalt

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Achávalite  (*)Berzelianite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcomenite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)
Cobaltomenite  (*)Eucairite  (*)Klockmannite  (*)Krut'aite  (*)Molybdomenite  (*)
Naumannite  (*)Olsacherite  (*)Petříčekite  (*)Umangite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Achávalite  (*)NickelineFeSe02
Berzelianite  (*)NoneCu2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)066
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcomenite  (*)NoneCu(Se4+O3)·2H2O040
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe0281
Cobaltomenite  (*)CobaltomeniteCo(Se4+O3)·2H2O011
Eucairite  (*)NoneCuAgSe054
Klockmannite  (*)CovelliteCu5.2Se6063
Krut'aite  (*)PyriteCuSe2012
Molybdomenite  (*)NonePbSe4+O3015
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se0192
Olsacherite  (*)BarytePb2(Se6+O4)(SO4)010
Petříčekite  (*)MarcasiteCuSe203
Umangite  (*)NoneCu3Se2071



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070658Cacheuta Mine, Cerro De Cacheuta, Sierra De Cacheuta, Cacheuta, Luján De Cuyo Department, Mendoza Province, Argentinahttps://rruff.info/R070658


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