Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Chacabuco Department, San Luis Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 46935
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46935.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chacabuco Department, San Luis Province, Argentina": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Concarán
Nancy Pegmatite
Sierra De La Estranzuela
Tilisarao
Villa Larca
Yucin

Latitude: 32°35'9"S
Longitude: 65°12'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.585833333333,-65.203888888889

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.

Alluaudite	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Autunite	Beryl	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica
Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Stibnite	Tapiolite	Tourmaline	Triplite	Tungstite

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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mn Mo Na O P S Si Sn Sr Ta Ti U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alluaudite Alunite Apatite Aragonite Autunite Beryl Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Columbite Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Kaolinite Malachite Mica
Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite
Stibnite Tapiolite Tourmaline Triplite Tungstite

50 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augelite ()*	Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bayerite ()*	Beryl ()*	Beyerite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*
Bobfergusonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cookeite ()*
Crandallite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Ferberite ()*	Ferrotitanowodginite ()*	Ferrowodginite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Goyazite ()*	Hematite ()*
Herderite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Hydroxylherderite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Montebrasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sanmartinite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*
Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Titanowodginite ()*	Triphylite ()*	Triplite ()*	Tungstite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Varulite ()*	Wodginite ()*	Wyllieite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	3462,3464,3465	8803
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	3460	3250
Augelite ()*	None	Al₂(PO₄)(OH)₃	2	3464,3465	79
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	3469	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	3461	5509
Bayerite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	3465	15
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	3	3462,3464,3465	4286
Beyerite ()*	Bismutite	CaBi₂O₂(CO₃)₂	1	3465	96
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	3461	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	3461	716
Bobfergusonite ()*	None	Na₂Mn²⁺₅Fe³⁺Al(PO₄)₆	1	3462	2
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	3466	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	3464	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	3461	27198
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	2	3464,3465	181
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	2	3464,3465	310
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	3464	520
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	1	3461	551
Ferrotitanowodginite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺TiTa₂O₈	2	3464,3465	4
Ferrowodginite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	2	3464,3465	16
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	3464,3465	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	5	3466,3467,3468,3469,3470	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	3461	7437
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	2	3464,3465	173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	3462	14640
Herderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)F	1	3465	20
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	2	3464,3465	367
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)(OH)	2	3464,3465	119
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	3464,3465,3471	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	3461	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	3461	5800
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	2	3464,3465	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	3462,3464,3465,3471	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	3461,3462	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	3461,3462,3464,3465,3466,3471	61156
Sanmartinite ()*	Columbite	Zn(WO₄)	1	3461	4
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	3	3461,3466,3471	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	3461	2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	3461,3462	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	1	3464	688
Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Tapiolite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	2	3464,3465	88
Titanowodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺TiTa₂O₈	1	3464	7
Triphylite ()*	Olivine	LiFe²⁺(PO₄)	1	3464	313
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	1	3464	233
Tungstite ()*	Tungstite	WO₃·H₂O	1	3461	118
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	3469	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	2	3469,3470	890
Varulite ()*	Alluaudite	Na₂Mn(MnFe³⁺)(PO₄)₃	1	3462	15
Wodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	1	3464	78
Wyllieite ()*	None	NaNaMn(Fe²⁺Al)(PO₄)₃	1	3462	17

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R160069	Nancy Pegmatite, Chacabuco Department, San Luis Province, Argentina	https://rruff.info/R160069
R160071	Nancy Pegmatite, Chacabuco Department, San Luis Province, Argentina	https://rruff.info/R160071
R160033	Nancy Pegmatite, Chacabuco Department, San Luis Province, Argentina	https://rruff.info/R160033
R160052	Nancy Pegmatite, Chacabuco Department, San Luis Province, Argentina	https://rruff.info/R160052

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