Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Sierra De Córdoba, Punilla Department, Córdoba Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 43
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-43.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sierra De Córdoba, Punilla Department, Córdoba Province, Argentina": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Angel Mine
Cerro Blanco Mine
El Guaico Mining District
La Chiquita Mine
La Plata

Latitude: 32°27'5"S
Longitude: 64°51'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.451388888889,-64.851111111111

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.

Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Autunite	Beryl	Brackebuschite	Clay	Columbite	Descloizite	Feldspar
Fluorite	Garnet	Mica	None	Phosphuranylite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Spinel	Titanite	Topaz
Tourmaline	Triplite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Autunite ()*	Beryl ()*	Boltwoodite ()*
Brackebuschite ()*	Calderónite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Descloizite ()*
Dewindtite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Hydroxykenomicrolite ()*
Lacroixite ()*	Microcline ()*	Montebrasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nanpingite ()*
Pollucite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sokolovaite ()*	Sulvanite ()*
Topaz ()*	Triplite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Vanadinite ()*
Vandendriesscheite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 B Be C Ca Cl Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Ta U V Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu S V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apatite Aragonite Autunite Beryl Brackebuschite Clay Columbite Descloizite Feldspar
Fluorite Garnet Mica None Phosphuranylite Pyrochlore Quartz Spinel Titanite Topaz
Tourmaline Triplite Zircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	2465	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	2465	2353
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	3	2465,2466,2470	1272
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	2465	4286
Boltwoodite ()*	None	(K,Na)(UO₂)(SiO₃OH)·1.5H₂O	1	2465	67
Brackebuschite ()*	Brackebuschite	Pb₂Mn³⁺(VO₄)₂(OH)	1	2469	15
Calderónite ()*	Brackebuschite	Pb₂Fe³⁺(VO₄)₂(OH)	1	2469	29
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	2469	4979
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	2465	289
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	2	2469,2471	378
Dewindtite ()*	Phosphuranylite	H₂Pb₃(UO₂)₆O₄(PO₄)₄·12H₂O	1	2465	82
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	2465	520
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	2465	2740
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1	2465	445
Hydroxykenomicrolite ()*	Pyrochlore	( ,Na,Sb³⁺)₂Ta₂O₆(OH)	1	2465	6
Lacroixite ()*	Titanite	NaAl(PO₄)F	1	2465	22
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	2465	4924
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	1	2465	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	2465,2466,2469,2470	17380
Nanpingite ()*	Mica	CsAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	2465	8
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	1	2465	140
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	2469	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	2465,2466,2469,2470	61156
Sokolovaite ()*	Mica	CsLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀F₂	1	2465	6
Sulvanite ()*	None	Cu₃VS₄	0		48
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	2465	1476
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	1	2465	233
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	3	2465,2466,2470	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	3	2465,2466,2470	890
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	2469	605
Vandendriesscheite ()*	None	Pb_1.6(UO₂)₁₀O₆(OH)₁₁·11H₂O	1	2465	52
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	2465	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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