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Locality Name:
San Jorge Cu Deposit, Uspallata, Las Heras Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 263
Youngest recorded age at locality: 25

mindat Locality ID: 206318
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206318.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Jorge Cu Deposit, Uspallata, Las Heras Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°15'"S
Longitude: 69°26'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.25,-69.433333333333

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.

Allophane	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Covellite
Cubanite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Wurtzite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Mackinawite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Neotocite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tenorite ()*

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 As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn Mo Ni O Pb S Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn Mo Ni O Pb S Si Te Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Arsenic Arsenopyrite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Covellite
Cubanite Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stibnite Tetradymite Wurtzite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	263	25	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	263	25	5509
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	263	25	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	263	25	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	263	25	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	263	25	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	263	25	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	263	25	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	263	25	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	263	25	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	263	25	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	263	25	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	263	25	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	263	25	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	263	25	144
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	263	25	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	263	25	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	263	25	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	263	25	6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	263	25	5591
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	263	25	451
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	263	25	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	263	25	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	263	25	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	263	25	17380
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	263	25	186
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	263	25	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	263	25	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	263	25	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	263	25	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	263	25	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	263	25	21482
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	263	25	276
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	263	25	1101

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-00425	263	25	263–257									Arsenopyrite, Bismuth, Bismuthinite, Bornite, Brochantite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cubanite, Cuprite, Delafossite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Gypsum, Kaolinite, Mackinawite, Malachite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Sphalerite, Tenorite, Neotocite	Cu	206318	San Jorge Cu Deposit, Uspallata, Las Heras Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina	San Jorge	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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