Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Colón Department, Córdoba Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 239643
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239643.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Colón Department, Córdoba Province, Argentina": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Dumesnil
El Sauce
La Calera
Unquillo

Latitude: 31°20'"S
Longitude: 64°20'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.333333333333,-64.335

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Amphibole	Baryte	Beryl	Brochantite	Calcite	Clay	Covellite	Digenite
Garnet	Malachite	Mica	None	Phenakite	Plancheite	Quartz	Serpentine

Anilite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dioptase ()*	Dolomite ()*
Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Lizardite ()*	Malachite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Plancheite ()*	Quartz ()*	Shattuckite ()*	Spionkopite ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Willemite ()*

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 As Ba Be C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Amphibole Baryte Beryl Brochantite Calcite Clay Covellite Digenite
Garnet Malachite Mica None Phenakite Plancheite Quartz Serpentine

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄	1	2399	88
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	2399	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	2398	4286
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	2399	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	2399	27770
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	2399	3531
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	2399	363
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	2399	4165
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	1	2399	164
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	2399	9895
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	2399	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	2403	1544
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	2399	359
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	2399	12537
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	2399	2273
Plancheite ()*	Plancheite	Cu₈(Si₄O₁₁)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	2	2399,2405	74
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	2399	61156
Shattuckite ()*	None	Cu₅(SiO₃)₄(OH)₂	1	2399	71
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈	1	2399	73
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	2399	1101
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	2399	2562
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	1	2402	303

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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