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:
Angela Mine (Cerro Castillo Mine), Los Manantiales Mining District, Gastre Department, Chubut Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 9722
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9722.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Angela Mine (Cerro Castillo Mine), Los Manantiales Mining District, Gastre Department, Chubut 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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite
Epidote	Feldspar	Kobellite	Malachite	Meneghinite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite

Aikinite ()*	Ángelaite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Betekhtinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cervelleite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Covellite ()*
Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Malachite ()*	Matildite ()*	Miharaite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tellurium ()*
Wittichenite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Digenite
Epidote Feldspar Kobellite Malachite Meneghinite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	315
Ángelaite ()*	Kobellite	Cu₂AgPbBiS₄	3
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Betekhtinite ()*	None	(Cu,Fe)₂₁Pb₂S₁₅	45
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cervelleite ()*	None	Ag₄TeS	42
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	252
Miharaite ()*	None	PbCu₄FeBiS₆	19
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	190
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	297

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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