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Locality Name:
La Argentina Vein, Capillitas Mining District, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 7

mindat Locality ID: 229583
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229583.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Argentina Vein, Capillitas Mining District, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag As Ba C Cu Fe Ge Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ba C Cu Fe Ge Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArgyroditeBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperMarcasiteNonePolybasitePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Argyrodite  (*)Baryte  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Pearceite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S9702793
Argyrodite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8GeS697062
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)97011547
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS297027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS97024243
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS29705674
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]970249
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3970733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS297039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO297061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)9701711
Silver  (*)CopperAg9705186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS97021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S139701803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S139705317


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Kaitlynn000007977-9K-Arage of sulphidegalenaJC-103 YesGalena  42Capillitas Mining District, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, ArgentinaCapillitasTilton et al. (1981)10.1130/MEM154-p791MGSA154_791 
Kaitlynn000008977-9K-Arage of sulphidegalenaJC-104 YesGalena  42Capillitas Mining District, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, ArgentinaCapillitasTilton et al. (1981)10.1130/MEM154-p791MGSA154_791 

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