Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Santa Cruz Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 65.5

mindat Locality ID: 23558
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23558.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santa Cruz Province, Argentina": 53
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 34

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Corpen Aike Department
Deseado Department
Güer Aike Department
Lago Argentino Department
Lago Buenos Aires Department
Magallanes Department
Río Chico Department

Latitude: 48°37'2"S
Longitude: 70°7'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -48.617222222222,-70.129166666667

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Amorphous	Analcime	Aragonite	Aramayoite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Berthierite	Bournonite
Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Digenite	Enargite	Epidote	Fluorite	Gypsum	Heulandite	Iron	Kaolinite	Kobellite	Lillianite
Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Millerite	Molybdenite	Mordenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Owyheeite
Pentlandite	Polybasite	Pseudobrookite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stannite	Taranakite	Tetrahedrite	Topaz	Uytenbogaardtite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite

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 Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti U V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amorphous Analcime Aragonite Aramayoite Arsenopyrite Baryte Berthierite Bournonite
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Digenite Enargite Epidote Fluorite Gypsum Heulandite Iron Kaolinite Kobellite Lillianite
Malachite Marcasite Mica Millerite Molybdenite Mordenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Owyheeite
Pentlandite Polybasite Pseudobrookite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite
Spinel Stannite Taranakite Tetrahedrite Topaz Uytenbogaardtite Wollastonite Wurtzite

90 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Analcime ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aramayoite ()*	Argentotennantite-(Zn) ()*
Armalcolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Berthierite ()*	Betekhtinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Carnotite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*
Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferrokësterite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Giessenite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*
Hübnerite ()*	Idaite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Izoklakeite ()*
Kalinite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kësterite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nacrite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Opal ()*	Ourayite ()*	Owyheeite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Petzite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Plumbonacrite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Stannite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Taenite ()*
Taranakite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Topaz ()*	Tyuyamunite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Uytenbogaardtite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wurtzite ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			6	3554,3573,3577,3580,3585,3587	2793
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	3564	1627
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	3573	3092
Aramayoite ()*	Aramayoite	Ag₃Sb₂(Bi,Sb)S₆			1	3554	29
Argentotennantite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆(Cu₄Zn₂)As₄S₁₃			1	3554	14
Armalcolite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Mg,Fe²⁺)Ti₂O₅			1	3578	39
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			8	3554,3555,3573,3580,3585,3587,3593,3597	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	3577	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	145.5	65.5	1	3552	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			5	3551,3558,3577,3580,3585	11547
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄			1	3593	343
Betekhtinite ()*	None	(Cu,Fe)₂₁Pb₂S₁₅	145.5	65.5	1	3552	45
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	145.5	65.5	3	3551,3552,3573	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃			1	3554	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			10	3545,3546,3551,3554,3558,3564,3573,3576,3580,3585	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O			2	3561,3576	1184
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			2	3554,3555	5171
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	3564	309
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	3597	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	145.5	65.5	2	3552,3597	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145.5	65.5	12	3551,3552,3554,3555,3556,3559,3573,3577,3578,3585,3587,3593	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	145.5	65.5	4	3552,3559,3573,3597	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆			1	3558	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	145.5	65.5	1	3552	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	145.5	65.5	1	3552	144
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	3554	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	145.5	65.5	1	3552	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	145.5	65.5	3	3552,3554,3556	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	3554	8173
Ferrokësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄			3	3554,3555,3556	13
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	3580	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂			7	3554,3556,3577,3580,3585,3587,3593	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145.5	65.5	10	3551,3552,3554,3555,3556,3573,3577,3585,3587,3593	24243
Giessenite ()*	Kobellite	(Cu,Fe)₂Pb_26.4(Bi,Sb)_19.6S₅₇			1	3554	18
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	3554	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	145.5	65.5	10	3551,3552,3554,3573,3577,3578,3580,3585,3587,3593	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS			2	3554,3555	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			2	3545,3546	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	145.5	65.5	5	3551,3552,3554,3558,3577	14640
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O			1	3564	246
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)			2	3554,3555	469
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	145.5	65.5	1	3552	142
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	3578	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	3589	1089
Izoklakeite ()*	Kobellite	Pb_26.4(Cu,Fe)₂(Sb,Bi)_19.6S₅₇			1	3554	25
Kalinite ()*	None	KAl(SO₄)₂·11H₂O			1	3554	54
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			3	3554,3558,3580	5591
Kësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂ZnSnS₄			1	3554	82
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	3577	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	145.5	65.5	1	3552	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			2	3587,3593	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS			1	3578	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	145.5	65.5	1	3552	5800
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O			1	3564	405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			5	3554,3567,3573,3580,3587	17380
Nacrite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	3554	112
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	3554	128
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			3	3558,3563,3564	2994
Ourayite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₃Pb₄Bi₅S₁₃			1	3554	24
Owyheeite ()*	Owyheeite	Ag₃Pb₁₀Sb₁₁S₂₈			1	3554	89
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	3578	1512
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂			3	3580,3593,3594	409
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	3554	477
Plumbonacrite ()*	None	Pb₅(CO₃)₃O(OH)₂			1	3554	13
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]			2	3585,3597	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			7	3573,3577,3580,3585,3587,3593,3597	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145.5	65.5	14	3551,3552,3554,3555,3556,3558,3559,3573,3577,3580,3585,3587,3593,3597	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	3558	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	3554	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145.5	65.5	13	3551,3552,3554,3558,3563,3564,3566,3567,3568,3573,3580,3585,3587	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	3580	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			2	3554,3573	969
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	145.5	65.5	1	3552	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			8	3554,3573,3577,3580,3585,3587,3593,3597	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145.5	65.5	10	3551,3552,3554,3555,3556,3573,3577,3585,3587,3597	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	3578	1934
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄			2	3554,3555	668
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄			1	3573	586
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS			1	3585	332
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			1	3589	703
Taranakite ()*	Taranakite	K₃Al₅(PO₃OH)₆(PO₄)₂·18H₂O			1	3547	57
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	145.5	65.5	1	3552	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			6	3551,3554,3573,3585,3587,3597	5317
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			1	3567	1476
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O			2	3561,3576	628
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	3559	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O			2	3561,3576	890
Uytenbogaardtite ()*	Uytenbogaardtite	Ag₃AuS₂			3	3577,3580,3585	46
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	3554	1247
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS			1	3554	372

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-00045	145.5	65.5	Cretaceous									Betekhtinite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cuprite, Delafossite, Digenite, Enargite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tenorite, Electrum	Cu	14000	La Leona Mine, Tres Cerros, Deseado Massif, Deseado Department, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina	Bajo de la Leona	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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