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Locality Name:
Tumiñico Mine, 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: 9382
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9382.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tumiñico Mine, Sierra De Cacho, Villa Castelli, General Lamadrid Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 28°49'56"S
Longitude: 68°37'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.832222222222,-68.633055555556

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg Ni O Pb S Sb Se Tl U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BukoviteCalciteChalcopyriteConnelliteCorundumCovelliteFluoriteLinariteMalachiteMarcasite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteWurtzite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Bellidoite  (*)Berzelianite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brodtkorbite  (*)Bukovite  (*)
Cadmoselite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcomenite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chaméanite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Connellite  (*)Covellite  (*)Crookesite  (*)
Eskebornite  (*)Eucairite  (*)Ferroselite  (*)Graphite  (*)Hakite-(Hg)  (*)
Hematite  (*)Klockmannite  (*)Krut'aite  (*)Luanheite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Naumannite  (*)Schmiederite  (*)Tiemannite  (*)Trogtalite  (*)Tyrrellite  (*)
Umangite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bellidoite  (*)NoneCu2Se232.606
Berzelianite  (*)NoneCu2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)232.6066
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4232.605516
Brodtkorbite  (*)NoneCu2HgSe2232.602
Bukovite  (*)BukoviteCu4Tl2Se4232.6011
Cadmoselite  (*)WurtziteCdSe232.604
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)232.6027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S232.605707
Chalcomenite  (*)NoneCu(Se4+O3)·2H2O232.6040
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2232.6027198
Chaméanite  (*)None(Cu,Fe)4As(Se,S)4232.604
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe232.60281
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O232.60295
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS232.604165
Crookesite  (*)NoneCu7TlSe4232.6014
Eskebornite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeSe2232.6026
Eucairite  (*)NoneCuAgSe232.6054
Ferroselite  (*)MarcasiteFeSe2232.6051
Graphite  (*)NoneC232.602812
Hakite-(Hg)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Hg2)Sb4Se13232.6012
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3232.6014640
Klockmannite  (*)CovelliteCu5.2Se6232.6063
Krut'aite  (*)PyriteCuSe2232.6012
Luanheite  (*)NoneAg3Hg232.6017
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2232.6012537
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se232.60192
Schmiederite  (*)LinariteCu2Pb2(Se4+O3)(Se6+O4)(OH)4232.6013
Tiemannite  (*)SphaleriteHgSe232.6083
Trogtalite  (*)PyriteCoSe2232.6010
Tyrrellite  (*)SpinelCu(Co,Ni)2Se4232.6017
Umangite  (*)NoneCu3Se2232.6071
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2232.602718



1 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
Hg-00050232.6 fault age     Brodtkorbite, Luanheite, TiemanniteHg9382Tumiñico Mine, Sierra De Cacho, Villa Castelli, General Lamadrid Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina Paar et al. (2002; 2005); de Brodtkorb (2009)   


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