Mineral Evolution Database

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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

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.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Ludwigite	Marcasite	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyrosmalite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite	Zircon

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 ()*

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:
Acanthite Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Cubanite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Ludwigite Marcasite Molybdenite
Nickeline None Polybasite Pyrite Pyrosmalite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile
Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Tetrahedrite Titanite Vesuvianite Wollastonite Wurtzite Zircon

51 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	485	470	1	2630	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	485	470	1	2630	3419
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	485	470	1	2630	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	485	470	1	2631	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	485	470	1	2630	3092
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	485	470	1	2630	363
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	485	470	1	2630	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	485	470	1	2630	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	485	470	1	2631	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	485	470	1	2630	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	485	470	1	2630	1089
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb	485	470	1	2630	175
Bustamite ()*	Wollastonite	Mn₂Ca₂MnCa(Si₃O₉)₂	485	470	1	2630	101
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	485	470	2	2629,2630	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	485	470	3	2629,2630,2631	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	485	470	1	2630	802
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	485	470	1	2630	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	485	470	2	2630,2631	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	485	470	1	2630	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	485	470	3	2630,2631,2632	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	485	470	1	2630	30554
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS	485	470	1	2630	170
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	485	470	1	2630	237
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	485	470	1	2630	14640
Kësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂ZnSnS₄	485	470	1	2630	82
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	485	470	1	2630	192
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	485	470	1	2630	134
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	485	470	1	2630	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	485	470	1	2630	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	485	470	1	2630	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	485	470	1	2630	5800
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	485	470	1	2630	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	485	470	1	2630	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	485	470	3	2629,2630,2631	39462
Pyrosmalite-(Fe) ()*	Pyrosmalite Clay	Fe²⁺₈Si₆O₁₅(OH)₁₀	485	470	1	2630	38
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	485	470	3	2630,2631,2632	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	485	470	2	2629,2630	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	485	470	1	2630	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	485	470	1	2630	5614
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	485	470	1	2630	165
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	485	470	1	2630	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	485	470	3	2629,2630,2631	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	485	470	1	2630	668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	485	470	2	2629,2630	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	485	470	1	2630	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	485	470	1	2630	2562
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	485	470	1	2630	301
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	485	470	1	2630	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	485	470	1	2630	1247
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	485	470	1	2630	372
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	485	470	1	2630	5251

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	Age from other Locality	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
sedznpb-00006	485	470	Early Ordovician		Yes	22980	La Esperanza Deposit, Aguilar District, Humahuaca Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina	Esperanza	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252
sedexmvt-00005	485	470	Early Ordovician	host rock age		22977	Aguilar Mine, Aguilar Mining District, Humahuaca Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina	Aguilar	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00005	485	470	Early Ordovician			22977	Aguilar Mine, Aguilar Mining District, Humahuaca Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina	Aguilar	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252

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