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Locality Name:
María Eugenia Vein, Cerro Atajo, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina


mindat Locality ID: 229715
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229715.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "María Eugenia Vein, Cerro Atajo, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca 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
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: As Ba Bi C Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Sn V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba Bi C Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Sn V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteChalcopyriteCovelliteDigeniteEnargiteGermaniteMalachiteMarcasiteMeneghinite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStanniteStannoiditeTetrahedrite
Wurtzite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chatkalite  (*)Colusite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)Kësterite  (*)
Luzonite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Nekrasovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannoidite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Watanabeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS30315
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chatkalite  (*)NoneCu6FeSn2S808
Colusite  (*)Sphalerite GermaniteCu13VAs3S160110
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS40910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS4082
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS40198
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Nekrasovite  (*)Germanite SphaleriteCu13VSn3S16011
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S12080
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Watanabeite  (*)NoneCu4(As,Sb)2S507


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