Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Cubanite	Epidote	Malachite	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Mackinawite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
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: 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:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Cubanite Epidote Malachite Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

17 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
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	270	257	1	3002	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	270	257	0		5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	270	257	0		27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	270	257	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	270	257	1	3002	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	270	257	0		3846
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	270	257	1	3002	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	270	257	0		2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	270	257	0		8173
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	270	257	1	3002	451
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	270	257	0		12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	270	257	0		5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	270	257	0		17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	270	257	0		39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	270	257	1	3002	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	270	257	0		21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	270	257	0		5317

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-00424	270	257	270–257									Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite	Cu	206317	Yalguaraz Cu Deposit, Uspallata, Las Heras Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina	Yalguaraz	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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