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Locality Name:
Esquel, Futaleufú Department, Chubut Province, Argentina


mindat Locality ID: 233159
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233159.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Esquel, Futaleufú Department, Chubut Province, Argentina": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Esquel Gold-silver Deposit
Esquel Meteorite
Huemules Deposit

Latitude: 42°53'59"S
Longitude: 71°19'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -42.899722222222,-71.333055555556
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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg N Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H K Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenopyriteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteFeldsparIron
MarcasiteMicaMordeniteNickelineNoneOlivinePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
StibniteTetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Buddingtonite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Iron  (*)Jarosite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mordenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Taenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS123059052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS422305,23075516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3123051089
Buddingtonite  (*)Feldspar(NH4)(AlSi3)O81230527
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1230527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS222305,230727198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS123074165
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)123061188
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S1212305663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS22305,230724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu1230530554
Iron  (*)IronFe123061089
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6123052228
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2123055674
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O0405
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21230517380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS222305,230739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S822305,23079056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21230561156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS22305,230721482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3123053418
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)12306703


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