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Locality Name:
La Leona Mine, Tres Cerros, Deseado Massif, Deseado Department, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina

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

mindat Locality ID: 14000
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14000.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Leona Mine, Tres Cerros, Deseado Massif, Deseado Department, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°4'30"S
Longitude: 67°18'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -48.075,-67.308333333333

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Enargite	Malachite	Molybdenite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stannite	Wurtzite

Azurite ()*	Betekhtinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Digenite ()*	Enargite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Idaite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tenorite ()*

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: As Au C Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Au C Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Covellite Digenite Enargite Malachite Molybdenite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stannite Wurtzite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	145.5	65.5	5509
Betekhtinite ()*	None	(Cu,Fe)₂₁Pb₂S₁₅	145.5	65.5	45
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	145.5	65.5	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	145.5	65.5	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145.5	65.5	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	145.5	65.5	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	145.5	65.5	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	145.5	65.5	144
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	145.5	65.5	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	145.5	65.5	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145.5	65.5	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	145.5	65.5	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	145.5	65.5	14640
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	145.5	65.5	142
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	145.5	65.5	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	145.5	65.5	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145.5	65.5	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145.5	65.5	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	145.5	65.5	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145.5	65.5	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	145.5	65.5	1101

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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