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Locality Name:
Aguilar Mine, Aguilar Mining District, Humahuaca Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 485
Youngest recorded age at locality: 470

mindat Locality ID: 22977
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22977.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aguilar Mine, Aguilar Mining District, Humahuaca Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 23°13'4"S
Longitude: 65°41'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.217777777778,-65.689166666667
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 Al As Au B Be C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au B Be C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteBournoniteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisite
CopperCorundumCubaniteEpidoteFluoriteLudwigiteMarcasiteMolybdeniteNickelineNone
PolybasitePyritePyrosmalitePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutileSodaliteSphalerite
SpinelStanniteTetrahedriteTitaniteVesuvianiteWollastoniteWurtziteZircon

49 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Antimony  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)
Bustamite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gudmundite  (*)
Helvine  (*)Hematite  (*)Kësterite  (*)Lead  (*)Ludwigite  (*)
Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrosmalite-(Fe)  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodonite  (*)Rutile  (*)Semseyite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stannite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Variscite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S48547002793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)248547003419
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS4854700312
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)248547003092
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb4854700363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS48547009052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O648547002060
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S114854700843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS348547001089
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb4854700175
Bustamite  (*)WollastoniteMn2Ca2MnCa(Si3O9)24854700101
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)485470027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2485470027198
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S34854700802
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O648547004135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)48547008173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF248547009617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS485470024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu485470030554
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS4854700170
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S4854700237
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3485470014640
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS4485470082
Lead  (*)CopperPb4854700192
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)4854700134
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)4854700451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4485470014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS248547005674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS248547005800
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]4854700716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS348547001425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2485470039462
Pyrosmalite-(Fe)  (*)Pyrosmalite ClayFe2+8Si6O15(OH)10485470038
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S848547009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2485470061156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)4854700969
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO248547005614
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S214854700165
Silver  (*)CopperAg48547005186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS485470021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS44854700668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1348547005317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O48547004899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)248547002562
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O4854700301
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1048547001395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO348547001247
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS4854700372
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)48547005251


3 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
sedznpb-00006485470Early Ordovician     Yes  22980La Esperanza Deposit, Aguilar District, Humahuaca Department, Jujuy Province, ArgentinaEsperanzaSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
sedexmvt-00005485470Early Ordovician host rock age      22977Aguilar Mine, Aguilar Mining District, Humahuaca Department, Jujuy Province, ArgentinaAguilarTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00005485470Early Ordovician        22977Aguilar Mine, Aguilar Mining District, Humahuaca Department, Jujuy Province, ArgentinaAguilarSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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