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La Brava Mine, San Antonio de los Cobres, Los Andes department, Salta Province, Argentinai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| La Brava Mine | Mine |
| San Antonio de los Cobres | Municipality |
| Los Andes department | Department |
| Salta Province | Province |
| Argentina | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
24° 33' 5'' South , 66° 58' 20'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Name(s) in local language(s):
Mina La Brava
Elevation: 3,689 m. asl.
Deposit of alkali sulfates (Mainly Mirabilite).
Located about 20 Km South of the town of Salar de Pocitos and 300 metres west of the provincial route N ° 17 and close to the Salar Pocitos, consisting of an exploitation of alkali sulfates (Mirabilite) by trenches and open sky.
It is common in the predominance of this sulfate, accompanied by gypsum, glauberite and thenardite facies.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| â Glauberite Formula: Na2Ca(SO4)2 |
| â Gypsum Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| â Mirabilite Formula: Na2SO4 · 10H2O |
| â ThĂ©nardite Formula: Na2SO4 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| â | Glauberite | 7.AD.25 | Na2Ca(SO4)2 |
| â | ThĂ©nardite | 7.AD.25 | Na2SO4 |
| â | Mirabilite | 7.CD.10 | Na2SO4 · 10H2O |
| â | Gypsum | 7.CD.40 | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | â Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| H | â Mirabilite | Na2SO4 · 10H2O |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | â Glauberite | Na2Ca(SO4)2 |
| O | â Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| O | â Mirabilite | Na2SO4 · 10H2O |
| O | â ThĂ©nardite | Na2SO4 |
| Na | Sodium | |
| Na | â Glauberite | Na2Ca(SO4)2 |
| Na | â Mirabilite | Na2SO4 · 10H2O |
| Na | â ThĂ©nardite | Na2SO4 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | â Glauberite | Na2Ca(SO4)2 |
| S | â Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| S | â Mirabilite | Na2SO4 · 10H2O |
| S | â ThĂ©nardite | Na2SO4 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | â Glauberite | Na2Ca(SO4)2 |
| Ca | â Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
South AmericaContinent
- AndesMountain Range
South America PlateTectonic Plate
- Andean PlateauOrogenic Belt
- Puna basinBasin
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La Brava Mine, San Antonio de los Cobres, Los Andes department, Salta Province, Argentina