Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Bajo De San Lucas Cu Deposit, Agua De Dionisio Mining District (YMAD), Farallón Negro, Belén Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 7

mindat Locality ID: 205926
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205926.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bajo De San Lucas Cu Deposit, Agua De Dionisio Mining District (YMAD), Farallón Negro, Belén Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 27°24'"S
Longitude: 66°33'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.4,-66.55

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	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None
Pyrite	Spinel

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Gypsum Malachite Mica Molybdenite None
Pyrite Spinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	7.2	7	27198
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	7	7	144
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	7	7	8173
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	7	7	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	7	7	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	7	7	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	7	7	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	7	7	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	7.2	7	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7.2	7	39462

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_356	One of three samples from the main Farallon Negro volcanic complex. Monzonite porphyry stock that cross cuts metamoprhic rocks in the Bajo de San Lucas area.

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	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
AJES44_373-00003	8	8	8					Yes		Au	34975	Bajo De La Alumbrera Mine, Agua De Dionisio Mining District (YMAD), Farallón Negro, Belén Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina	Bajo de La Alumbrera	Sillitoe (1997)	10.1080/08120099708728318	AJES44_373
Michelle_356	7.2	7	7.1±0.1	K-Ar	Age of monzonite porphyry	biotite	85		Chalcopyrite, Pyrite		205926	Bajo De San Lucas Cu Deposit, Agua De Dionisio Mining District (YMAD), Farallón Negro, Belén Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina	Bajo de San Lucas	Caelles et al. (1971)	10.2113/gsecongeo.66.6.961	EG66_961	Age of monzonite porphyry
PorphCu-00303	7	7	7						Chalcopyrite, Delafossite, Epidote, Gypsum, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	205926	Bajo De San Lucas Cu Deposit, Agua De Dionisio Mining District (YMAD), Farallón Negro, Belén Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina	Bajo de San Lucas	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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