Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Calingasta, Calingasta Department, San Juan Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 470
Youngest recorded age at locality: 65

mindat Locality ID: 146944
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146944.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Calingasta, Calingasta Department, San Juan Province, Argentina": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Cerro Negro De La Aguadita Deposit
El Salado Cu Deposit
Los Azules Cu Deposit
Quebrada Alcaparrosa
San Francisco De Los Andes Mine
Sierra Del Tontal

Latitude: 31°3'41"S
Longitude: 69°40'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.061388888889,-69.674444444444

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Amarantite	Andalusite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Aubertite	Bismutite	Botryogen
Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copiapite	Copper	Coquimbite	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite
Epidote	Epsomite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Hexahydrite	Kieserite	Matlockite	Melanterite	Mica	Mixite
Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Römerite	Sphalerite	Stannite	Starkeyite
Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite

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 Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H Mg O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Alunite Amarantite Andalusite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Aubertite Bismutite Botryogen
Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Clinozoisite Copiapite Copper Coquimbite Corundum Covellite Digenite
Epidote Epsomite Gypsum Halotrichite Hexahydrite Kieserite Matlockite Melanterite Mica Mixite
Monazite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Römerite Sphalerite Stannite Starkeyite
Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite

59 IMA Minerals at location:

Aluminocopiapite ()*	Amarantite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aubertite ()*
Beudantite ()*	Bismoclite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*
Bornite ()*	Botryogen ()*	Butlerite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinoclase ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Copiapite ()*
Coquimbite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cranswickite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Digenite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Epidote ()*	Epsomite ()*	Fibroferrite ()*
Gold ()*	Goslarite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hexahydrite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Mixite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Parabutlerite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Preisingerite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Römerite ()*	Rooseveltite ()*	Sanderite ()*
Sarmientite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Slavíkite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Starkeyite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Szomolnokite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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
Aluminocopiapite ()*	Copiapite	(Al,Mg)Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH,O)₂·20H₂O	470	470	1	3393	50
Amarantite ()*	Amarantite	Fe³⁺₂O(SO₄)₂·7H₂O	470	470	1	3393	22
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	470	470	1	3393	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	470	470	2	3393,3394	9052
Aubertite ()*	Aubertite	Cu²⁺Al(SO₄)₂Cl·14H₂O	470	470	1	3393	13
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	3394	413
Bismoclite ()*	Matlockite	BiOCl			1	3394	71
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	3394	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	3394	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)			1	3388	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	3394	5516
Botryogen ()*	Botryogen	MgFe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·7H₂O	470	470	1	3393	45
Butlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·2H₂O	470	470	1	3393	26
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	3394	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	65	65	2	3390,3394	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	470	65	5	3389,3390,3392,3393,3394	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	3394	3531
Clinoclase ()*	None	Cu₃(AsO₄)(OH)₃			1	3394	127
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)			1	3394	363
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	470	470	1	3393	382
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	470	470	1	3393	136
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅			1	3394	344
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	3394	4165
Cranswickite ()*	Not in a structural group	Mg(SO₄)·4H₂O			1	3396	1
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	3394	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	3394	1027
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂			1	3394	246
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	3389	8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	470	470	1	3393	484
Fibroferrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	470	470	1	3393	107
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	3394	30554
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	470	470	1	3393	188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	470	470	1	3393	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	470	470	1	3393	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	470	470	1	3393	14640
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O			1	3396	251
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	3394	2228
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄			1	3394	198
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	470	470	1	3393	915
Mixite ()*	Mixite	Cu₆Bi(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O			1	3388	168
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	65	65	2	3389,3390	17380
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)			1	3394	492
Parabutlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·2H₂O	470	470	1	3393	23
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	470	470	2	3393,3395	265
Preisingerite ()*	None	Bi₃O(AsO₄)₂(OH)			2	3388,3394	53
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	470	65	5	3389,3390,3392,3393,3394	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	470	470	2	3393,3394	61156
Römerite ()*	Römerite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₄·14H₂O	470	470	1	3393	115
Rooseveltite ()*	Monazite	Bi(AsO₄)			2	3388,3394	38
Sanderite ()*	Not in a structural group	Mg(SO₄)·2H₂O	470	470	0		4
Sarmientite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	470	470	1	3393	8
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	470	470	2	3393,3394	1153
Slavíkite ()*	Not in a structural group	(H₃O)₃Mg₆Fe₁₅(SO₄)₂₁(OH)₁₈·98H₂O	470	470	1	3393	44
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	470	470	2	3393,3394	21482
Starkeyite ()*	Starkeyite	Mg(SO₄)·4H₂O			1	3396	79
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	470	470	1	3393	2045
Szomolnokite ()*	Kieserite	Fe(SO₄)·H₂O	470	470	1	3393	139
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	3394	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	3394	5317

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	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 ID
PorphCu-00310	65	65	probably Laramide	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite	Cu	205933	Los Azules Cu Deposit, Calingasta, Calingasta Department, San Juan Province, Argentina	Los Azules	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00301	267	267	267	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite	Cu	205922	Alcaparrosa Mine, Quebrada Alcaparrosa, Calingasta, Calingasta Department, San Juan Province, Argentina	Alcaparrosa	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
vms-00002	470	470	Ordovician		S	21392	Santa Elena Mine, Quebrada Alcaparrosa, Calingasta, Calingasta Department, San Juan Province, Argentina	Santa Elena	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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