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 Proustite at 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-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

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
Giersdorf_00000732	29	29	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	51086	Huemul Mine, Pampa Amarilla District, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina	Dahlkamp (2010)	UDW_427
PorphCu-00424	270	257		Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite	Cu	206317	Yalguaraz Cu Deposit, Uspallata, Las Heras Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00425	263	25		Arsenopyrite, Bismuth, Bismuthinite, Bornite, Brochantite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cubanite, Cuprite, Delafossite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Gypsum, Kaolinite, Mackinawite, Malachite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Sphalerite, Tenorite, Neotocite	Cu	206318	San Jorge Cu Deposit, Uspallata, Las Heras Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
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
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
RC63_350_Don_Sixto	254	251.4				240563	Don Sixto Project (El Pantanito), Agua Escondida, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina	Mugas Lobos and Márquez‐Zavalía	RG63_350