Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Minas Department, Córdoba Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 390
Youngest recorded age at locality: 382

mindat Locality ID: 146945
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146945.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Minas Department, Córdoba Province, Argentina": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Aguas De Ramón District
El Guaico Mining District
La Bismutina Mine
Ojo De Agua

Latitude: 31°5'52"S
Longitude: 65°14'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.097777777778,-65.240555555556
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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu F Fe H I K Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllargentumAllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryte
BismutiteBournoniteBrackebuschiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCopperCorundumCovellite
DescloiziteDiasporeDigeniteEnargiteFluoriteGypsumMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdenite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRoseliteRutileScheelite
SphaleriteSpinelStanniteStannoiditeStibniteTetrahedriteWurtzite

63 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Allargentum  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Brackebuschite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Descloizite  (*)
Diaphorite  (*)Digenite  (*)Duftite  (*)Enargite  (*)Famatinite  (*)
Ferberite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Greenockite  (*)Groutite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kësterite  (*)Kröhnkite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stannoidite  (*)Stephanite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S390382124222793
Allargentum  (*)AllargentumAg1-xSbx (x ≈ 0.09-0.16)3903821242269
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)390382124222734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS39038222422,24259052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2390382124225509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi124211966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S322421,24281935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)12428716
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S1139038212422843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3390382124221089
Brackebuschite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Mn3+(VO4)2(OH)3903821242215
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)39038222421,242227770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)124281252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)390382124224979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S390382124225707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O39038212422197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS239038232421,2422,242827198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O390382124223531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS390382124224165
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)39038212422378
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S839038212422126
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S390382124221027
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)39038212422220
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS439038212422910
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS439038212422163
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)12428551
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2124219617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S1239038212422663
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS339038212422105
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS39038222422,242524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)39038222422,24257437
Gold  (*)CopperAu3903821242230554
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS39038212422717
Groutite  (*)DiasporeMn3+O(OH)3903821242272
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O390382124226890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33903821242214640
Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)Pyrochlore   2W2O6(H2O)1242857
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI12432180
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S1439038212422784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6124282228
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS43903821242282
Kröhnkite  (*)RoseliteNa2Cu(SO4)2·2H2O3903821242227
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S439038212422249
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)239038222422,242812537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2390382124225674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS222421,24285800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)239038232421,2422,242417380
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS339038212422733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3390382124221425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS239038232421,2424,242839462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2390382124223106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl390382124221725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8124219056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO239038252421,2422,2425,2428,243261156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)22421,24284894
Silver  (*)CopperAg390382124225186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS39038232421,2422,242521482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS439038212422668
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S123903821242280
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS439038212422586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13390382124225317
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl39038212422605
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS39038212422372


1 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
Kristen002168390382386±440Ar-39Arage of vein mineralizationsericiteA95RS068c    23507Rara Fortuna Deposit, El Guaico Mining District, Minas Department, Córdoba Province, ArgentinaRara Fortuna, El Guaico DistrictSkirrow et al. (2000)10.1016/S0169-1368(00)00004-4OGR17_39 

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