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San Fernando, Belén Department, Catamarca Province, Argentinai
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San Fernando is a village and municipality located in the Catamarca Province in northwestern Argentina.

Elevation: 1,676 m. asl.
Ores of Tungsten and Gold mines.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

1 valid mineral.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
Gold1.AA.05Au
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
'Wolframite Group'4.DB.30 va

List of minerals for each chemical element

AuGold
Au GoldAu

Fossils

There are 2 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences4
Youngest Fossil Listed3.60 Ma (Pliocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed11.6 Ma (Miocene)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Andahuala25.333 - 3.6 Ma (Neogene)
Chiquimil - A29 - 5.333 Ma (Miocene)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Pyramiodontherium
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Megatheriidae : Pyramiodontherium5.333 - 3.6 Ma
Neogene
Cavia cabrerai
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Caviidae : Cavia : Cavia cabrerai5.333 - 3.6 Ma
Neogene
Nymphaea
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Nymphaeales : Nymphaeaceae : Nymphaea11.608 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Thelypteris
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Polypodiales : Thelypteridaceae : Thelypteris11.608 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
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References

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Padrón de Minas de la Provincia de Catamarca (1971).

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Fernando,_Catamarca
Wikidata ID:Q1774252

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