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Locality Name:
Ñorquín Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 45
Youngest recorded age at locality: 45

mindat Locality ID: 206320
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206320.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ñorquín Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Arroyo Truquicó
Caverna De Reni
Cerro Colipilli
Copahue
El Huecú
Rahueco
Tres Chorros

Latitude: 37°34'55"S
Longitude: 70°20'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.581944444444,-70.348611111111

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	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Autunite	Calcite	Chalcophyllite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Sulphur

Actinolite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Burkeite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hanksite ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Olivenite ()*
Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Uraninite ()*	Zeunerite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Autunite Calcite Chalcophyllite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Sulphur

29 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	45	45	1	3172	3419
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			2	3165,3173	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	45	45	3	3172,3174,3175	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	3174	5516
Burkeite ()*	None	Na₄(SO₄)(CO₃)			1	3169	47
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	45	45	2	3164,3172	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	3174	5707
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O			1	3174	194
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	45	45	2	3172,3175	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	3177	1756
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	45	45	1	3172	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	45	45	1	3172	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	45	45	3	3166,3172,3177	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			2	3165,3173	6890
Hanksite ()*	None	KNa₂₂(SO₄)₉(CO₃)₂Cl			1	3169	12
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	45	45	2	3172,3177	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	45	45	1	3172	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	45	45	3	3172,3174,3175	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	45	45	2	3172,3177	17380
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)			1	3174	492
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			2	3164,3165	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	45	45	2	3172,3177	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			3	3164,3165,3166	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	3166	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	3166	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	3177	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	3173	2045
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	3174	2718
Zeunerite ()*	Autunite	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·12H₂O			1	3173	185

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-00426	45	45	45									Actinolite, Calcite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Epidote, Hematite, Kaolinite, Pyrite	Cu	206319	Quebrada Del Bronce Cu-Au Deposit, El Huecú, Ñorquín Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina	Quebrada del Bronce	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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