Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Independencia Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 239738
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239738.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Independencia Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Amaná

Latitude: 30°16'26"S
Longitude: 67°27'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.273888888889,-67.457222222222

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.

Autunite	Fluorite	None

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: Ca F H K O P Si U V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Autunite Fluorite None

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Autunite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Tyuyamunite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Uranophane-α ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	2939	1272
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	1	2939	1184
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	2937,2938	9617
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O	2	2939,2940	628
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	2939	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	2	2939,2940	890

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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