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Locality Name:
Inca Viejo Cu-Au Deposit, Los Andes Department, Salta Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 15
Youngest recorded age at locality: 15

mindat Locality ID: 206312
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206312.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Inca Viejo Cu-Au Deposit, Los Andes Department, Salta Province, Argentina": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 25°8'40"S
Longitude: 66°45'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.144444444444,-66.7625

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Turquoise

Azurite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Turquoise ()*

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 Au C Cu Fe H K Mo O P S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Malachite Mica Molybdenite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Turquoise

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	15	15	5509
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	15	15	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	15	15	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	15	15	3531
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	15	15	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	15	15	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	15	15	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	15	15	2228
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	15	15	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	15	15	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	15	15	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	15	15	39462
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	15	15	484

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-00420	15	15	15									Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Gold, Hematite, Jarosite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Turquoise	Cu	206312	Inca Viejo Cu-Au Deposit, Los Andes Department, Salta Province, Argentina	Inca Viejo	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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