Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Abra Pampa District, Cochinoca Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 247601
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247601.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Abra Pampa District, Cochinoca Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Barcosconte Prospect
Miraflores Deposit
Purísima Mine
Quebra-Leña Deposit (Quebraleña)
Rumicruz Mine (Rumi Cruz Mine; Romicruz Mine)
Unnamed Peat Deposit

Latitude: 22°46'1"S
Longitude: 65°40'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.766944444444,-65.676944444444

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	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	Fluorite	Löllingite	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Malachite ()*	Nickeline ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 As Au Ba C Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Sb Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Fluorite Löllingite Malachite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	2589	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	2590,2591,2592,2593	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	2591,2593	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	2591,2593	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	2591,2593	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	2591,2593	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	2591,2593	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	2591,2593	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	2589	12537
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	2	2591,2593	633
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2	2591,2593	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	2591,2593	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	2591,2593	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	2	2591,2593	233
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	2591,2593	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	2591,2593	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2	2591,2593	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	2591,2593	5317
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2	2591,2593	2718

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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