Mineral Evolution Database

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 194547
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194547.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Esperanza Prospect, Aguilar Mining District, Humahuaca Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 Ba Ca Cu Fe H Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Ca Cu Fe H Na O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Nickeline None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	485	470	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	485	470	11547
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	485	470	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	485	470	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	485	470	24243
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	485	470	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	485	470	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	485	470	21482

2 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
	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
	sedznpb-00005	485	470	Early Ordovician							Yes				22977	Aguilar Mine, Aguilar Mining District, Humahuaca Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina	Aguilar	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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