Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Paramillos De Uspallata, Uspallata, Las Heras Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 19
Youngest recorded age at locality: 8.5

mindat Locality ID: 20460
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20460.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paramillos De Uspallata, Uspallata, Las Heras Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Mantos De Cobre Mine
Paramillos Norte Deposit
Paramillos Sur Deposit
Veta Tajo

Latitude: 32°27'37"S
Longitude: 69°5'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.460277777778,-69.091666666667

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	Allophane	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Epidote	Epsomite	Geocronite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Goslarite ()*	Gratonite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Jordanite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Proustite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H I K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ba C Cl Cu Fe H I O P Pb S Sb Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Epidote Epsomite Geocronite Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

44 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	19	8.5	0		2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	19	8.5	0		2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	19	8.5	0		5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	19	8.5	0		11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	19	8.5	2	2997,2998	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	19	8.5	1	2997	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	19	8.5	0		4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	19	8.5	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	19	8.5	2	2997,2998	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	19	8.5	0		1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	2996	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	19	8.5	0		4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	19	8.5	1	2998	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	19	8.5	1	2997	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	19	8.5	1	2997	144
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	19	8.5	1	2997	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	19	8.5	2	2998,2999	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	19	8.5	1	2998	30554
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	19	8.5	0		188
Gratonite ()*	None	Pb₉As₄S₁₅			1	2999	24
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	19	8.5	2	2997,2998	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	19	8.5	2	2997,2998	5433
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	19	8.5	0		180
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	19	8.5	1	2998	2228
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃			1	2999	105
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	19	8.5	1	2998	5591
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	19	8.5	2	2997,2998	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	19	8.5	2	2997,2998	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	19	8.5	1	2998	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	19	8.5	1	2998	5674
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	19	8.5	0		1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	19	8.5	2	2997,2998	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	19	8.5	1	2998	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	19	8.5	2	2997,2998	17380
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	19	8.5	0		733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	19	8.5	0		1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	19	8.5	2	2997,2998	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	19	8.5	0		1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	19	8.5	2	2997,2998	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	2996	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	19	8.5	1	2998	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	19	8.5	0		6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	19	8.5	2	2998,2999	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	19	8.5	0		5317

2 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
	PorphCu-00427	19	8.5	19–8.5									Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Delafossite, Epidote, Ilmenite, Mackinawite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite	Cu	206321	Paramillos Norte Deposit, Paramillos De Uspallata, Uspallata, Las Heras Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina	Paramillos Norte	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	PorphCu-00428	19	8.5	19–8.5									Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Ilmenite, Jarosite, Mackinawite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Sphalerite	Cu	206322	Paramillos Sur Deposit, Paramillos De Uspallata, Uspallata, Las Heras Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina	Paramillos Sur	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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