Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Don Sixto Project (El Pantanito), Agua Escondida, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 254
Youngest recorded age at locality: 29

mindat Locality ID: 240563
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240563.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Don Sixto Project (El Pantanito), Agua Escondida, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Cachete Prospect
Cuello Prospect
Labio Prospect
Luna Prospect
Mandibula Prospect
Mercedes Prospect
Ojo Prospect
Oreja Prospect

Latitude: 36°17'30"S
Longitude: 68°27'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.291666666667,-68.458333333333
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: Ag As Au Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCovelliteDigeniteMarcasiteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelUytenbogaardtite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Cervelleite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Naumannite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Stützite  (*)Uytenbogaardtite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S254251.402793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS254251.409052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4254251.405516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11254251.40843
Cervelleite  (*)NoneAg4TeS254251.4042
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S254251.405707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2254251.4027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS254251.404165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S254251.401027
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS254251.4024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu254251.4030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3254251.4014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4254251.4014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2254251.405674
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se254251.40192
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]254251.40716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2254251.4039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8254251.409056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2254251.4061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg254251.405186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS254251.4021482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS254251.40332
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)254251.4092
Uytenbogaardtite  (*)UytenbogaardtiteAg3AuS2254251.4046


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000732Uranium of the Huemul Mine is primarily found as lenticular Cu-U-V deposits hosted by the Huemul Member of the Diamante formation. Orehosting facies are grey fluvial sandstones and conglomerates filling anastomosing paleochannels incised into pink pelitic beds.


2 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
RC63_350_Don_Sixto254251.4252.7±1.3 alteration-mineralizationadularia     240563Don Sixto Project (El Pantanito), Agua Escondida, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province, ArgentinaDon SixtoMugas Lobos and Márquez‐Zavalía10.1111/rge.12014RG63_350 
Giersdorf_00000732292929 The suspected source for the Uranium in the area is Permo-Triassic felsic volcanics which were leached from the source rocks in the Mesozoic and early Tertiary periods as a result of denudation.uraninite  YesUraniniteUraniniteU51086Huemul Mine, Pampa Amarilla District, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province, ArgentinaHuemul MineDahlkamp (2010)10.1007/2F978-3-540-78943-7UDW_427Uranium is accompanied by Cu mineralization, which predates the U mineralization.

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