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:
Capilla Del Monte, Punilla Department, Córdoba Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 68822
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-68822.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Capilla Del Monte, Punilla Department, Córdoba Province, Argentina": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Punilla Mts.
Sierras Chicas (Sierra Chica)

Latitude: 31°21'"S
Longitude: 64°21'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.35,-64.356944444444

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.

Allanite	Beryl	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Mica	None	Quartz	Sodalite	Spinel	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Helvine ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

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 Ce F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Fe H Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Beryl Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Mica None Quartz Sodalite Spinel Tourmaline Vesuvianite

14 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	2447	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	2447	706
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	2444	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	2446	27770
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	2444	1756
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	2444	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	2444,2446	9617
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	2	2444,2446	237
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	2447	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	2447	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	2444	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	2446,2447	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		2705
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	2	2444,2446	1395

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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