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Locality Name:
San Luis Mine, La Florida, Totoral Pegmatitic Field, Coronel Pringles Department, San Luis Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 488
Youngest recorded age at locality: 438

mindat Locality ID: 11465
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11465.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Luis Mine, La Florida, Totoral Pegmatitic Field, Coronel Pringles Department, San Luis Province, Argentina": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
San Luis I Mine
San Luis II Mine

Latitude: 32°58'57"S
Longitude: 65°58'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.9825,-65.982777777778
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: Al Ca F Fe H K Li Mn Na O P S Si Ta 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca F Fe H Li Mn O P 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousApatiteArseniosideriteArthuriteClayColumbiteDiasporeDufréniteFeldsparHureaulite
MicaNoneOlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileStrunzite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Bermanite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)Ferrisicklerite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hureaulite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Lithiophilite  (*)Mitridatite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Spodumene  (*)Strunzite  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)Triphylite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)48843823506,35078803
Bermanite  (*)ArthuriteMn2+Mn3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O488438055
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O4884380139
Ferrisicklerite  (*)OlivineLi1-x(Fe3+,Mn2+)(PO4)4884380108
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F48843802740
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)462438135077437
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O4884380125
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH4884380367
Lithiophilite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)46243813507155
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O4884380129
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)248843823506,350717380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O462438135072994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24624381350739462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2462438135073106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO248843823506,350761156
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O648843823506,3507688
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O488438098
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O646243813507211
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)46243813507313


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
Bradley_2012_162488464476±12U/Pb columbite, tantalite     11465San Luis Mine, La Florida, Totoral Pegmatitic Field, Coronel Pringles Department, San Luis Province, ArgentinaLa TotoraMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
Bradley_2012_163462438450±12U/Pb columbite, tantalite     258221San Luis II Mine, San Luis Mine, La Florida, Totoral Pegmatitic Field, Coronel Pringles Department, San Luis Province, ArgentinaSan Luis IIMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 

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