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Angaco Department, San Juan Province, Argentinai
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Mindat Locality ID:
239821
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:239821:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Angaco, Province de San Juan, Argentine
German:
Departamento Angaco, Provinz San Juan, Argentinien
Italian:
Dipartimento di Angaco, Provincia di San Juan, Argentina
Russian:
Ангако, Сан-Хуан, Аргентина
Simplified Chinese:
安加科縣, 圣胡安省, 阿根廷
Spanish:
Departamento Angaco, Provincia de San Juan, Argentina
Cebuano:
Departamento de Angaco, Provincia de San Juan
Dutch:
Angaco, San Juan, Argentinië
Georgian:
ანგაკოს დეპარტამენტი, სან-ხუანის პროვინცია
Hungarian:
Angaco megye, Argentína
Portuguese:
Angaco, San Juan, Argentina
Slovak:
Angaco, San Juan, Argentína
Swedish:
Departamento de Angaco, San Juan, Argentina


Angaco is a department of the province of San Juan (Argentina). It is located in the central-east of the province.

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3 valid minerals.

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Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Antigorite
Formula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
ⓘ 'Iddingsite'
ⓘ Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
ⓘ 'Olivine Group'
Formula: M2SiO4
ⓘ Talc
Formula: Mg3Si4O10(OH)2

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘMagnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘTalc9.EC.05Mg3Si4O10(OH)2
ⓘAntigorite9.ED.15Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Unclassified
ⓘ'Iddingsite'-
ⓘ'Olivine Group'-M2SiO4

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ AntigoriteMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Hⓘ TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
OOxygen
Oⓘ AntigoriteMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Oⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Oⓘ TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
Oⓘ Olivine GroupM2SiO4
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ AntigoriteMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Mgⓘ TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ AntigoriteMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Siⓘ TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
Siⓘ Olivine GroupM2SiO4
FeIron
Feⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4

Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences1
Youngest Fossil Listed66.0 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Oldest Fossil Listed89.3 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Theropoda
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Theropoda89.3 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angaco_Department
Wikidata ID:Q537390
GeoNames ID:3865769

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