Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Sierra De Famatina, La Rioja Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 45
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sierra De Famatina, La Rioja Province, Argentina": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
La Mejicana District

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Atacamite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Enargite	Fluorite	Germanite	Marcasite	Melonite	Meneghinite	Molybdenite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Aikinite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calaverite ()*	Chalcomenite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Colusite ()*
Covellite ()*	Enargite ()*	Eucairite ()*	Famatinite ()*	Ferroselite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goldfieldite ()*	Hessite ()*	Kasolite ()*
Klockmannite ()*	Krennerite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Naumannite ()*
Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stützite ()*
Sylvanite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Umangite ()*

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 Bi Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Se Si Te U V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Cl Cu Fe H O Pb Se Si U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Atacamite Chalcopyrite Covellite Enargite Fluorite Germanite Marcasite Melonite Meneghinite Molybdenite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stannite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	1	2956	315
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	2956	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	2956	1588
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	0		544
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	2956	5516
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	1	2956	361
Chalcomenite ()*	None	Cu(Se⁴⁺O₃)·2H₂O	0		40
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	2956	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	0		281
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	1	2956	110
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	2956	4165
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	2956	910
Eucairite ()*	None	CuAgSe	0		54
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	1	2956	163
Ferroselite ()*	Marcasite	FeSe₂	0		51
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	2956	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	2956	24243
Goldfieldite ()*	Tetrahedrite	(Cu₄ ₂)Cu₆Te₄S₁₃	1	2956	72
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	2956	804
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O	0		198
Klockmannite ()*	Covellite	Cu_5.2Se₆	0		63
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈	1	2956	111
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	2956	198
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	2956	5800
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	0		192
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	1	2956	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	2956	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	2956	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	2956	21482
Stützite ()*	None	Ag_5-xTe₃ (x = 0.24-0.36)	1	2956	92
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	1	2956	337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	2956	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	2956	5317
Umangite ()*	None	Cu₃Se₂	0		71

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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