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Locality Name:
Sierra De Cacho, Villa Castelli, General Lamadrid Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 146779
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146779.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sierra De Cacho, Villa Castelli, General Lamadrid Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
El Hoyo Mine
El Quemado Deposit
El Tolar Deposit
El Yagón Mine (Portezuelo Del Hoyo Deposit; Quebrada Del Yagón)
La Millionaria Mine
Las Asperezas Mine (Sarmiento Deposit; Veta Sarmiento)
Las Pichanas Deposit
Tumiñico Mine
Vega Del Tolar Deposit

Latitude: 28°54'12"S
Longitude: 68°39'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.903333333333,-68.666388888889

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.

Bukovite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Connellite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Fluorite	Linarite	Malachite
Marcasite	Melonite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Athabascaite ()*	Bellidoite ()*	Berzelianite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brodtkorbite ()*
Bukovite ()*	Cadmoselite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcomenite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chaméanite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Connellite ()*	Covellite ()*
Crookesite ()*	Eskebornite ()*	Eucairite ()*	Ferroselite ()*	Fischesserite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hakite-(Hg) ()*	Hematite ()*	Klockmannite ()*
Krut'aite ()*	Luanheite ()*	Malachite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Naumannite ()*
Schmiederite ()*	Stilleite ()*	Tiemannite ()*	Trogtalite ()*	Tyrrellite ()*
Umangite ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg Ni O Pb Pd S Sb Se Te Tl U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Se Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Bukovite Calcite Chalcopyrite Connellite Copper Corundum Covellite Fluorite Linarite Malachite
Marcasite Melonite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Athabascaite ()*	None	Cu₅Se₄	23	2.6	0		18
Bellidoite ()*	None	Cu₂Se	23	2.6	1	2930	6
Berzelianite ()*	None	Cu_2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)	23	2.6	3	2925,2928,2930	66
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	23	2.6	3	2925,2929,2930	5516
Brodtkorbite ()*	None	Cu₂HgSe₂	23	2.6	1	2930	2
Bukovite ()*	Bukovite	Cu₄Tl₂Se₄	23	2.6	1	2930	11
Cadmoselite ()*	Wurtzite	CdSe	23	2.6	1	2930	4
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	23	2.6	5	2925,2927,2928,2929,2930	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	23	2.6	1	2930	5707
Chalcomenite ()*	None	Cu(Se⁴⁺O₃)·2H₂O	23	2.6	1	2930	40
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	23	2.6	3	2925,2929,2930	27198
Chaméanite ()*	None	(Cu,Fe)₄As(Se,S)₄	23	2.6	1	2930	4
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	23	2.6	3	2927,2929,2930	281
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	23	2.6	1	2930	295
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	23	2.6	1	2930	4165
Crookesite ()*	None	Cu₇TlSe₄	23	2.6	1	2930	14
Eskebornite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeSe₂	23	2.6	1	2930	26
Eucairite ()*	None	CuAgSe	23	2.6	5	2923,2925,2928,2929,2930	54
Ferroselite ()*	Marcasite	FeSe₂	23	2.6	1	2930	51
Fischesserite ()*	None	Ag₃AuSe₂	23	2.6	1	2928	24
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	23	2.6	1	2928	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	23	2.6	1	2930	2812
Hakite-(Hg) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Hg₂)Sb₄Se₁₃	23	2.6	1	2930	12
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	23	2.6	1	2930	14640
Klockmannite ()*	Covellite	Cu_5.2Se₆	23	2.6	5	2925,2927,2928,2929,2930	63
Krut'aite ()*	Pyrite	CuSe₂	23	2.6	1	2930	12
Luanheite ()*	None	Ag₃Hg	23	2.6	1	2930	17
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	23	2.6	1	2930	12537
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	23	2.6	1	2928	155
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	23	2.6	3	2925,2928,2930	192
Schmiederite ()*	Linarite	Cu₂Pb₂(Se⁴⁺O₃)(Se⁶⁺O₄)(OH)₄	23	2.6	1	2930	13
Stilleite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnSe	23	2.6	0		7
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe	23	2.6	4	2925,2927,2929,2930	83
Trogtalite ()*	Pyrite	CoSe₂	23	2.6	1	2930	10
Tyrrellite ()*	Spinel	Cu(Co,Ni)₂Se₄	23	2.6	1	2930	17
Umangite ()*	None	Cu₃Se₂	23	2.6	5	2925,2927,2928,2929,2930	71
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	23	2.6	1	2930	2718

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
	Hg-00050	23	2.6		fault age								Brodtkorbite, Luanheite, Tiemannite	Hg	9382	Tumiñico Mine, Sierra De Cacho, Villa Castelli, General Lamadrid Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina		Paar et al. (2002; 2005); de Brodtkorb (2009)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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