Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Esperanza South-East Vein, Farallón Negro Mine, Agua De Dionisio Mining District (YMAD), Farallón Negro, Belén Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 8

mindat Locality ID: 261036
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-261036.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Esperanza South-East Vein, Farallón Negro Mine, Agua De Dionisio Mining District (YMAD), Farallón Negro, Belén Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 27°16'28"S
Longitude: 66°39'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.274444444444,-66.661111111111

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Acanthite	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epsomite
Gypsum	None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile

Acanthite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cryptomelane ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Goslarite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Manganite ()*	Nagyágite ()*
Polybasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epsomite
Gypsum None Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	8	8	2793
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	8	8	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	8	8	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	8	8	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	8	8	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	8	8	599
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	8	8	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	8	8	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	8	8	30554
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	8	8	188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	8	8	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	8	8	14640
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	8	8	234
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	8	8	770
Nagyágite ()*	None	[Pb₃(Pb,Sb)₃S₆](Au,Te)₃	8	8	67
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	8	8	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	8	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	8	8	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	8	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	8	8	1711

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	AJES44_373-00003	8	8	8							Yes			Au	34975	Bajo De La Alumbrera Mine, Agua De Dionisio Mining District (YMAD), Farallón Negro, Belén Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina	Bajo de La Alumbrera	Sillitoe (1997)	10.1080/08120099708728318	AJES44_373

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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