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Locality Name:
Santa Elena Mine, Quebrada Alcaparrosa, Calingasta, Calingasta Department, San Juan Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 470
Youngest recorded age at locality: 470

mindat Locality ID: 21392
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21392.html

Tectonic Settings: Backarc Environment

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santa Elena Mine, Quebrada Alcaparrosa, Calingasta, Calingasta Department, San Juan Province, Argentina": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°20'31"S
Longitude: 69°24'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.341944444444,-69.409166666667

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.

Amarantite	Arsenopyrite	Aubertite	Botryogen	Chalcopyrite	Copiapite	Coquimbite	Corundum	Epsomite	Gypsum
Halotrichite	Kieserite	Melanterite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Römerite	Sphalerite	Sulphur

Aluminocopiapite ()*	Amarantite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aubertite ()*
Botryogen ()*	Butlerite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Coquimbite ()*
Epsomite ()*	Fibroferrite ()*	Goslarite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*
Hematite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Parabutlerite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Römerite ()*	Sarmientite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Slavíkite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Szomolnokite ()*

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 Mg O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amarantite Arsenopyrite Aubertite Botryogen Chalcopyrite Copiapite Coquimbite Corundum Epsomite Gypsum
Halotrichite Kieserite Melanterite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Römerite Sphalerite Sulphur

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aluminocopiapite ()*	Copiapite	(Al,Mg)Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH,O)₂·20H₂O	470	470	50
Amarantite ()*	Amarantite	Fe³⁺₂O(SO₄)₂·7H₂O	470	470	22
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	470	470	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	470	470	9052
Aubertite ()*	Aubertite	Cu²⁺Al(SO₄)₂Cl·14H₂O	470	470	13
Botryogen ()*	Botryogen	MgFe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·7H₂O	470	470	45
Butlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·2H₂O	470	470	26
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	470	470	27198
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	470	470	382
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	470	470	136
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	470	470	484
Fibroferrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	470	470	107
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	470	470	188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	470	470	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	470	470	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	470	470	14640
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	470	470	915
Parabutlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·2H₂O	470	470	23
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	470	470	265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	470	470	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	470	470	61156
Römerite ()*	Römerite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₄·14H₂O	470	470	115
Sarmientite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	470	470	8
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	470	470	1153
Slavíkite ()*	Not in a structural group	(H₃O)₃Mg₆Fe₁₅(SO₄)₂₁(OH)₁₈·98H₂O	470	470	44
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	470	470	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	470	470	2045
Szomolnokite ()*	Kieserite	Fe(SO₄)·H₂O	470	470	139

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
	vms-00002	470	470	Ordovician										S	21392	Santa Elena Mine, Quebrada Alcaparrosa, Calingasta, Calingasta Department, San Juan Province, Argentina	Santa Elena	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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