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Locality Name:
San Jorge Cu Deposit, Uspallata, Las Heras Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 263
Youngest recorded age at locality: 25

mindat Locality ID: 206318
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206318.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Jorge Cu Deposit, Uspallata, Las Heras Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°15'"S
Longitude: 69°26'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.25,-69.433333333333

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn Mo Ni O Pb S Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn Mo Ni O Pb S Si Te Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneArsenicArsenopyriteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCovellite
CubaniteEpidoteFeldsparGypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStibniteTetradymiteWurtzite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Delafossite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Mackinawite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Neotocite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2632509052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22632505509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi2632501966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S32632501935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42632505516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)62632501633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)26325027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2632505707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS226325027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2632503531
Copper  (*)CopperCu2632503846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2632504165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3263250802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2632502970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2263250144
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2632508173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS26325024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu26325030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2632506890
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42632505591
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)263250451
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)226325012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22632505674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22632505800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)226325017380
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)263250186
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2632502349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS226325039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82632509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO226325061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22632505614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS26325021482
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3263250276
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO2632501101



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
PorphCu-0042526325263–257      Arsenopyrite, Bismuth, Bismuthinite, Bornite, Brochantite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cubanite, Cuprite, Delafossite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Gypsum, Kaolinite, Mackinawite, Malachite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Sphalerite, Tenorite, NeotociteCu206318San Jorge Cu Deposit, Uspallata, Las Heras Department, Mendoza Province, ArgentinaSan JorgeSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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