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:
Cerro China Muerta, La Amarga, Catán Lil Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 49613
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49613.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cerro China Muerta, La Amarga, Catán Lil Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°4'13"S
Longitude: 70°17'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.070277777778,-70.287777777778

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	Linarite	Malachite	Mordenite	None	Not in a structural group

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 C Ca Cu H O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu H O Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Linarite Malachite Mordenite None Not in a structural group

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Epistilbite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Wairakite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Epistilbite ()*	Mordenite	Ca₃[Si₁₈Al₆O₄₈]·16H₂O	138
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Wairakite ()*	Analcime	Ca(Si₄Al₂)O₁₂·2H₂O	73

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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