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Locality Name:
Aguilar Mining District, Humahuaca Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 485
Youngest recorded age at locality: 470

mindat Locality ID: 194546
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194546.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aguilar Mining District, Humahuaca Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Adobe Mine
Aguilar Mine
Esperanza Prospect
Oriental Prospect
Pirita Prospect
Tapada Mine

Latitude: 23°12'9"S
Longitude: 65°41'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.2025,-65.694444444444

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 B Ba Be C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteClay
ClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCubaniteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteLudwigiteMarcasiteMolybdenite
NickelineNonePolybasitePyritePyrosmalitePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutile
SodaliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteTetrahedriteTitaniteVesuvianiteWollastoniteWurtziteZircon

51 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Antimony  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Bustamite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Helvine  (*)Hematite  (*)Kësterite  (*)
Lead  (*)Ludwigite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrosmalite-(Fe)  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Rutile  (*)Semseyite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Variscite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S485470126302793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2485470126303419
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS48547012630312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)485470126318803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2485470126303092
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb48547012630363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS485470126309052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6485470126302060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)4854701263111547
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S1148547012630843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3485470126301089
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb48547012630175
Bustamite  (*)WollastoniteMn2Ca2MnCa(Si3O9)248547012630101
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)48547022629,263027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS248547032629,2630,263127198
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S348547012630802
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6485470126304135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)48547022630,26318173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2485470126309617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS48547032630,2631,263224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu4854701263030554
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS48547012630170
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S48547012630237
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O34854701263014640
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS44854701263082
Lead  (*)CopperPb48547012630192
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)48547012630134
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)48547012630451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O44854701263014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2485470126305674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2485470126305800
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]48547012630716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3485470126301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS248547032629,2630,263139462
Pyrosmalite-(Fe)  (*)Pyrosmalite ClayFe2+8Si6O15(OH)104854701263038
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S848547032630,2631,26329056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO248547022629,263061156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)48547012630969
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2485470126305614
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S2148547012630165
Silver  (*)CopperAg485470126305186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS48547032629,2630,263121482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS448547012630668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1348547022629,26305317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O485470126304899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2485470126302562
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O48547012630301
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10485470126301395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3485470126301247
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS48547012630372
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)485470126305251



3 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
sedznpb-00006485470Early Ordovician     Yes  22980La Esperanza Deposit, Aguilar District, Humahuaca Department, Jujuy Province, ArgentinaEsperanzaSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
sedexmvt-00005485470Early Ordovician host rock age      22977Aguilar Mine, Aguilar Mining District, Humahuaca Department, Jujuy Province, ArgentinaAguilarTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00005485470Early Ordovician        22977Aguilar Mine, Aguilar Mining District, Humahuaca Department, Jujuy Province, ArgentinaAguilarSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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