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:
Picún Leufú, Picún Leufú Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 29848
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29848.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Picún Leufú, Picún Leufú Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kokito Mine

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Domeykite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite

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 C Ca Cu Fe O S Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Fe O S Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Domeykite None Not in a structural group Pyrite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Algodonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Domeykite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Tenorite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Algodonite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu_1-xAs_x (x ≈ 0.15)	1	3187	41
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	3187	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	0		1252
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	3187	5707
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	3187	2970
Domeykite ()*	Domeykite	Cu₃As	1	3187	73
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	3187	1101

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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