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Locality Name:
San Miguel, Misiones Department, Paraguay


mindat Locality ID: 144205
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144205.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Miguel, Misiones Department, Paraguay": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Las Mercedes Mine

Latitude: 26°32'"S
Longitude: 57°2'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.533333333333,-57.033333333333
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: Al C Cr Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Fe H K O Pb S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ClayCorundumFeldsparMicaNoneQuartzRocksaltRutileSpinelTalc

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Chromite  (*)Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1958608803
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41958603902
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1958602349
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO219586061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21958603337


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