Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
El Chire Prospect, Los Llantenes Mining District, General Lamadrid Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 65664
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-65664.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "El Chire Prospect, Los Llantenes Mining District, General Lamadrid Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 28°38'17"S
Longitude: 68°44'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.638055555556,-68.738055555556

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.

Acanthite	Baryte	Calcite	Chrisstanleyite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Aguilarite ()*	Berzelianite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcomenite ()*	Chrisstanleyite ()*
Clausthalite ()*	Eucairite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Jagüéite ()*
Klockmannite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdomenite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Olsacherite ()*
Silver ()*	Tiemannite ()*	Umangite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg O Pb Pd S Se

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg O Pb Pd S Se

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Calcite Chrisstanleyite Copper Corundum Covellite Malachite None Not in a structural group
Rocksalt Sphalerite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aguilarite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₄SeS	87
Berzelianite ()*	None	Cu_2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)	66
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcomenite ()*	None	Cu(Se⁴⁺O₃)·2H₂O	40
Chrisstanleyite ()*	Chrisstanleyite	Ag₂Pd₃Se₄	6
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	281
Eucairite ()*	None	CuAgSe	54
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Jagüéite ()*	Chrisstanleyite	Cu₂Pd₃Se₄	3
Klockmannite ()*	Covellite	Cu_5.2Se₆	63
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Molybdomenite ()*	None	PbSe⁴⁺O₃	15
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	192
Olsacherite ()*	Baryte	Pb₂(Se⁶⁺O₄)(SO₄)	10
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe	83
Umangite ()*	None	Cu₃Se₂	71

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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