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Fuerte Quemado - Las Mojarras, Amaicha del Valle, Tafí del Valle Department, Tucumán Province, Argentinai
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Fuerte Quemado - Las Mojarras- not defined -
Amaicha del ValleMunicipality
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
26° 36' 15'' South , 65° 57' 55'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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PlacePopulationDistance
Tafí del Valle4,028 (2016)37.5km


From Santa Maria between Las Mojarras and Fuerte Quemado (all SW of the current location, in Santa Maria Department of Catamarca Province) and part of the Valley, there are alluvial terraces, i.e. alluvium of current rivers, arenas bearers of garnets of medium-sized to fine, they would attempt to concentrations, from the destruction of the crystalline basement of the Sierra of Aconquija, western slope. Sometimes these concentrations are of some importance, having not been exploited until now.

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2 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

Almandine
Formula: Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Reference: Raúl Jorge Tauber Larry´s collection
Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Reference: Raúl Jorge Tauber Larry´s collection

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 9 - Silicates
Almandine9.AD.25Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Muscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
OOxygen
O AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
O MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
AlAluminium
Al AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Al MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
SiSilicon
Si AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Si MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
KPotassium
K MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
FeIron
Fe AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3

References

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Peña, Hugo A. (1970) Minerales y rocas de aplicación de la Provincia de Tucumán. Dirección Provincial de Minas. Tucuán. República Argentina.

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