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Locality Name:
Paramillos Sur Deposit, 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: 206322
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206322.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paramillos Sur Deposit, Paramillos De Uspallata, Uspallata, Las Heras Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°29'"S
Longitude: 69°6'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.483333333333,-69.1

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.

Alunite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Wurtzite

Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Mackinawite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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: Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Cubanite Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Rocksalt Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Wurtzite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	19	8.5	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	19	8.5	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	19	8.5	802
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	19	8.5	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	19	8.5	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	19	8.5	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	19	8.5	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	19	8.5	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	19	8.5	5591
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	19	8.5	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	19	8.5	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	19	8.5	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	19	8.5	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	19	8.5	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	19	8.5	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	19	8.5	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	19	8.5	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	19	8.5	9056
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	19	8.5	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	19	8.5	21482

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
	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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