Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cerro Morro (Cerro Moro) Mine, La Esquina, General Pedernera Department, San Luis Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 47395
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-47395.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cerro Morro (Cerro Moro) Mine, La Esquina, General Pedernera Department, San Luis Province, Argentina": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sphalerite ()*

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 Au Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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