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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 270
Youngest recorded age at locality: 257

mindat Locality ID: 206317
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206317.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yalguaraz Cu Deposit, Uspallata, Las Heras Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Brecha La Colorada

Latitude: 32°8'16"S
Longitude: 69°26'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.137777777778,-69.439166666667

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: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Ni O S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCubaniteEpidoteMalachiteMica
MolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteSphaleriteTetrahedriteWurtzite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copper  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)Mackinawite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS270257130029052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS427025705516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)270257027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S27025705707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22702571300227198
Copper  (*)CopperCu27025703846
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S327025713002802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O27025702970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)27025708173
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)27025713002451
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2270257012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS227025705800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2270257017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2270257039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8270257130029056
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS270257021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1327025705317



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
PorphCu-00424270257270–257      Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, SphaleriteCu206317Yalguaraz Cu Deposit, Uspallata, Las Heras Department, Mendoza Province, ArgentinaYalguarazSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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