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Locality Name:
Las Águilas Deposit, El Trapiche, Coronel Pringles Department, San Luis Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 460
Youngest recorded age at locality: 374

mindat Locality ID: 23336
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23336.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Las Águilas Deposit, El Trapiche, Coronel Pringles Department, San Luis Province, Argentina": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
El Fierro 2 Body
Las Águilas Body
Las Higueras Body
Virorco Body
Virorco Pegmatites

Latitude: 33°5'44"S
Longitude: 66°7'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.095555555556,-66.123055555556

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.

Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Columbite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Dumortierite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melonite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel	Tetradymite	Tourmaline	Ullmannite	Valleriite	Wurtzite	Zircon

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 B Be Bi C Ca Co Cr Cs Cu F Fe H Ir K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb Pd Pt Rh S Si Ta Te Th Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Mo Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh S Si Te Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Apatite Arsenopyrite Beryl Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Columbite Copper
Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Dumortierite Feldspar Fluorite Malachite Marcasite Melonite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Spinel Tetradymite Tourmaline Ullmannite Valleriite Wurtzite Zircon

60 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Azurite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Covellite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Dravite ()*	Dumortierite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Hollingworthite ()*	Holmquistite ()*	Holtite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Irarsite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Melonite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Michenerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Moncheite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pollucite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rossmanite ()*	Rutile ()*
Schorl ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Spinel ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*
Thorite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Valleriite ()*	Violarite ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	460	374	1	3486	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	460	374	0		489
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	460	374	0		1036
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	460	374	0		718
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	460	374	0		9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	3482	5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	460	460	1	3486	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	460	374	0		5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	3482	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	460	374	0		27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	460	374	0		3902
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	376	374	1	3486	321
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	460	374	0		966
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	460	460	1	3486	289
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	460	374	0		4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	460	374	0		802
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	460	460	1	3486	648
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	376	374	1	3486	231
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	460	460	1	3486	520
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	460	374	0		944
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	460	460	1	3486	2740
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	460	460	1	3486	445
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	3482	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	460	374	0		30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	460	374	0		2812
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	460	374	0		119
Holmquistite ()*	Amphibole	Li₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	460	374	1	3486	42
Holtite ()*	Dumortierite	(Ta_0.6 _0.4)Al₆BSi₃O₁₈	376	374	1	3486	6
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	460	374	0		5433
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	460	374	0		154
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	376	374	1	3486	1507
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	460	374	0		451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	460	374	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	3482	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	460	374	0		5674
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	460	374	0		207
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	460	374	0		155
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	460	374	0		114
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	460	374	0		5800
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	460	374	0		133
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	376	374	1	3486	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	460	374	0		767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	460	374	0		1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	460	374	0		2273
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	460	460	1	3486	140
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	460	374	0		39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	460	374	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	460	460	1	3486	61156
Rossmanite ()*	Tourmaline	(Al₂Li)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	460	460	1	3486	37
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	460	374	1	3486	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	460	374	1	3486	2705
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	460	374	0		337
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	460	374	0		1934
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	460	374	1	3486	211
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	460	374	0		276
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	460	374	1	3486	1006
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	460	374	1	3486	2718
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	460	374	0		237
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	460	374	0		380
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	460	460	1	3486	5251

2 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
	Alexandra-0376	460	460	460	U–Pb	Age of pegmatite		zircon				Zircon	Beryl, Dravite, Elbaite, Fluorapatite, Gahnite, Columbite-(Mn), Tantalite-(Mn), Muscovite, Pollucite, Quartz, Rossmanite, Rutile, Schorl		251763	Virorco Pegmatites, Las Águilas Deposit, El Trapiche, Coronel Pringles Department, San Luis Province, Argentina	Virorco	Galliski et al. (2012)	10.3749/canmin.50.4.873	CM50_873
	Alexandra-0377	376	374	375±1	Ar–Ar	Age of metamorphism		muscovite				Muscovite	Chrysoberyl, Dumortierite, Holtite, Kyanite, Tantalite-(Mn), Muscovite, Rutile, Schorl, Sillimanite, Staurolite		251763	Virorco Pegmatites, Las Águilas Deposit, El Trapiche, Coronel Pringles Department, San Luis Province, Argentina	Virorco	Galliski et al. (2012)	10.3749/canmin.50.4.873	CM50_873	A tectonically active setting for the San Luis Range after the supposed emplacement of the dumortierite-bearing pegmatites is documented by the Ar–Ar age of muscovite from a sheared kyanite – staurolite – muscovite ± sillimanite pegmatite located 24 km to the north of Virorco, dated at 375±1 Ma (Sims et al. 1998).

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