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Locality Name:
Bajo De Agua Tapada Cu Deposit, Agua De Dionisio Mining District (YMAD), Farallón Negro, Belén Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 11
Youngest recorded age at locality: 6

mindat Locality ID: 205923
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205923.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bajo De Agua Tapada Cu Deposit, Agua De Dionisio Mining District (YMAD), Farallón Negro, Belén Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 27°16'"S
Longitude: 66°39'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.266666666667,-66.65

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: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteMicaNonePyriteRocksalt
SphaleriteSpinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)116011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)116027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2116027198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11608173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS116024243
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4116014899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2116017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2116039462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS116021482



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
PorphCu-0030211611–6      Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Magnetite, Pyrite, SphaleriteCu205923Bajo De Agua Tapada Cu Deposit, Agua De Dionisio Mining District (YMAD), Farallón Negro, Belén Department, Catamarca Province, ArgentinaBajo de Agua TapadoSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
AJES44_373-00003888     Yes Au34975Bajo De La Alumbrera Mine, Agua De Dionisio Mining District (YMAD), Farallón Negro, Belén Department, Catamarca Province, ArgentinaBajo de La AlumbreraSillitoe (1997)10.1080/08120099708728318AJES44_373 


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