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 Covellite at Bajo De La Alumbrera Mine, Agua De Dionisio Mining District (YMAD), Farallón Negro, Belén Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 8.16Ma - 6.84Ma at this locality

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-00093	8.16	6.84		Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Jarosite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Siderite, Sphalerite	Cu	34975	Bajo De La Alumbrera Mine, Agua De Dionisio Mining District (YMAD), Farallón Negro, Belén Department, Catamarca 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
AJES44_373-00003	8	8			Au	34975	Bajo De La Alumbrera Mine, Agua De Dionisio Mining District (YMAD), Farallón Negro, Belén Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina	Sillitoe (1997)	AJES44_373