Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
San Martín Department, San Luis Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 390
Youngest recorded age at locality: 376

mindat Locality ID: 194301
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194301.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Martín Department, San Luis Province, Argentina": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Cerrito Blanco Mining District
La Aspereza Mining District
Las Aguadas
Las Chacras
Los Avestruces Mining District
María Elena Pegmatite
Paso Grande
Rosanna Quarry
San Martín

Latitude: 32°33'34"S
Longitude: 65°37'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.559444444444,-65.6225

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.

Allanite	Alluaudite	Amorphous	Apatite	Arrojadite	Arseniosiderite	Bastnäsite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Childrenite	Clay	Columbite	Dufrénite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Graftonite	Hureaulite
Jahnsite	Kaolinite	Lazulite	Leucophosphite	Lipscombite	Mica	None	Olivine	Phenakite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Reddingite	Rockbridgeite	Scheelite	Souzalite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Triplite	Wagnerite
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 B Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Si Th Ti U W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Alluaudite Amorphous Apatite Arrojadite Arseniosiderite Bastnäsite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite
Childrenite Clay Columbite Dufrénite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Graftonite Hureaulite
Jahnsite Kaolinite Lazulite Leucophosphite Lipscombite Mica None Olivine Phenakite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Reddingite Rockbridgeite Scheelite Souzalite Titanite Tourmaline Triplite Wagnerite
Zircon

54 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Beryl ()*
Beusite ()*	Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Dickinsonite-(KMnNa) ()*	Dravite ()*	Dufrénite ()*
Eosphorite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gormanite ()*	Hureaulite ()*
Jahnsite-(CaMnMg) ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lazulite ()*	Leucophosphite ()*	Liandratite ()*
Lipscombite ()*	Lithiophilite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*
Phosphoferrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Reddingite ()*	Robertsite ()*
Rockbridgeite ()*	Sanmartinite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Sicklerite ()*
Siderite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Spodumene ()*	Staněkite ()*	Tavorite ()*
Thorbastnäsite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Triplite ()*	Triploidite ()*
Varulite ()*	Willemite ()*	Wyllieite ()*	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
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆			1	3533	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			4	3528,3532,3536,3538	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			3	3532,3533,3534	706
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F			2	3533,3534	304
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			6	3524,3527,3528,3529,3536,3538	4286
Beusite ()*	Graftonite	Mn²⁺Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)₂			1	3528	39
Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Apatite	(Ce,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)			2	3533,3534	115
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	3536	27770
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂			1	3534	94
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	3525	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	3525	27198
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆			1	3536	289
Dickinsonite-(KMnNa) ()*	Arrojadite	K(NaMn)CaNa₃AlMn₁₃(PO₄)₁₂(OH)₂			1	3528	26
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	3536	648
Dufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	Ca_0.5Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O			1	3528	139
Eosphorite ()*	Childrenite	Mn²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	3528	128
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			2	3532,3536	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			2	3533,3536	9617
Gormanite ()*	Souzalite	Fe²⁺₃Al₄(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O			1	3528	23
Hureaulite ()*	Hureaulite	Mn²⁺₅(PO₃OH)₂(PO₄)₂·4H₂O			1	3528	125
Jahnsite-(CaMnMg) ()*	Jahnsite	CaMn²⁺Mg₂Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₄(OH)₂·8H₂O			1	3528	14
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	3535	5591
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂			1	3528	232
Leucophosphite ()*	Leucophosphite	KFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O			1	3528	110
Liandratite ()*	None	U⁶⁺Nb₂O₈			1	3536	21
Lipscombite ()*	Lipscombite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂			1	3528	47
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)			1	3528	155
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			4	3528,3532,3537,3538	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			5	3524,3525,3528,3536,3537	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	3536	2994
Phosphoferrite ()*	Reddingite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·3H₂O			1	3528	31
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	3524,3525	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			9	3524,3525,3528,3532,3533,3535,3536,3538,3541	61156
Reddingite ()*	Reddingite	Mn²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·3H₂O			1	3528	24
Robertsite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Mn³⁺₃O₂(PO₄)₃·3H₂O			1	3528	36
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Fe²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅			1	3528	206
Sanmartinite ()*	Columbite	Zn(WO₄)			1	3541	4
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			3	3524,3525,3541	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			3	3528,3536,3538	2705
Sicklerite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)			1	3528	66
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	3536	6417
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	3528	1214
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	390	376	4	3527,3528,3529,3540	688
Staněkite ()*	Wagnerite	Fe³⁺Mn²⁺O(PO₄)			1	3528	13
Tavorite ()*	None	LiFe³⁺(PO₄)(OH)			1	3528	35
Thorbastnäsite ()*	Bastnäsite	ThCa(CO₃)₂F₂·3H₂O			2	3533,3534	14
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			1	3533	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	3533	4899
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	390	376	1	3540	233
Triploidite ()*	Wagnerite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)(OH)			1	3528	29
Varulite ()*	Alluaudite	Na₂Mn(MnFe³⁺)(PO₄)₃			1	3528	15
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄			1	3541	303
Wyllieite ()*	None	NaNaMn(Fe²⁺Al)(PO₄)₃			1	3528	17
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	3536	5251

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
	Bradley_2012_145	390	376	383±7	Ar/Ar			muscovite				Muscovite			209006	Las Cuevas Pegmatite, San Martín, San Martín Department, San Luis Province, Argentina	Las Cuevas	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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