Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Ages for Marcasite at Paramillos De Uspallata, Uspallata, Las Heras Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 19Ma - 8.5Ma at this locality

Age range from children

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
PorphCu-00428	19	8.5		Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Ilmenite, Jarosite, Mackinawite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Sphalerite	Cu	206322	Paramillos Sur Deposit, Paramillos De Uspallata, Uspallata, Las Heras Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Specified age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
PorphCu-00428	19	8.5		Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Ilmenite, Jarosite, Mackinawite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Sphalerite	Cu	206322	Paramillos Sur Deposit, Paramillos De Uspallata, Uspallata, Las Heras Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Locality age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
PorphCu-00427	19	8.5		Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Delafossite, Epidote, Ilmenite, Mackinawite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite	Cu	206321	Paramillos Norte Deposit, Paramillos De Uspallata, Uspallata, Las Heras Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155