Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Salar De Arizaro, Los Andes Department, Salta Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 33.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 29

mindat Locality ID: 206316
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206316.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Salar De Arizaro, Los Andes Department, Salta Province, Argentina": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Taca-Taca Alto Cu Deposit
Taca-Taca Bajo Cu Deposit

Latitude: 24°34'29"S
Longitude: 67°45'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.574722222222,-67.758055555556

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.

Alunite	Atacamite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite
Epidote	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite	Spinel

Alunite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Zunyite ()*

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 Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Atacamite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite
Epidote Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyrophyllite Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite Spinel

24 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
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	33.6	29	2	3332,3333	966
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	33.6	29	1	3333	544
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	33.6	29	2	3332,3333	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	33.6	29	1	3333	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	33.6	29	2	3332,3333	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	33.6	29	1	3333	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	33.6	29	2	3332,3333	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	29	29	1	3332	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	29	29	1	3332	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	33.6	29	2	3332,3333	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	33.6	29	1	3333	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	33.6	29	1	3333	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	33.6	29	2	3332,3333	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	33.6	29	1	3333	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	33.6	29	1	3333	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	29	29	1	3332	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	29	29	1	3332	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	33.6	29	2	3332,3333	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	33.6	29	2	3332,3333	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	29	29	1	3332	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	29	29	1	3332	9056
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	29	29	1	3332	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	33.6	29	2	3332,3333	21482
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	29	29	1	3332	86

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
	PorphCu-00422	29	29	29									Alunite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Digenite, Epidote, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Sphalerite, Zunyite	Cu	206314	Taca-Taca Alto Cu Deposit, Salar De Arizaro, Los Andes Department, Salta Province, Argentina	Taca Taca Alto	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	PorphCu-00423	33.6	29	33.6–29									Alunite, Atacamite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Gold, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	206315	Taca-Taca Bajo Cu Deposit, Salar De Arizaro, Los Andes Department, Salta Province, Argentina	Taca Taca Bajo	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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