Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Alcaparrosa Mine, Quebrada Alcaparrosa, Calingasta, Calingasta Department, San Juan Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 267
Youngest recorded age at locality: 267

mindat Locality ID: 205922
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205922.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alcaparrosa Mine, Quebrada Alcaparrosa, Calingasta, Calingasta Department, San Juan Province, Argentina": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°18'"S
Longitude: 69°22'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.3,-69.366666666667

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.

Chalcopyrite	None	Pyrite

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: Cu Fe S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Fe S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite None Pyrite

2 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*

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
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	267	267	0		27198
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	267	267	0		39462

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
	PorphCu-00301	267	267	267									Chalcopyrite, Pyrite	Cu	205922	Alcaparrosa Mine, Quebrada Alcaparrosa, Calingasta, Calingasta Department, San Juan Province, Argentina	Alcaparrosa	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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