Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nueva Esperanza Vein, Capillitas Mining District, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 7

mindat Locality ID: 229582
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229582.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nueva Esperanza Vein, Capillitas Mining District, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Nueva Esperanza No. 1 Mine

Latitude: 27°20'29"S
Longitude: 66°23'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.341388888889,-66.383333333333

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Enargite	Germanite	Kaolinite	Melonite	Meneghinite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stannoidite	Stibnite
Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Aikinite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Colusite ()*
Dickite ()*	Duranusite ()*	Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Goldfieldite ()*	Hessite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Ishiharaite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Krennerite ()*	Lislkirchnerite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Mawsonite ()*	Nekrasovite ()*
Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannoidite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wittichenite ()*

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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Cl Cu Fe Ga H In Mn N O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Cu Fe Ga H In Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti V W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copper Enargite Germanite Kaolinite Melonite Meneghinite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stannite Stannoidite Stibnite
Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

32 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
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	9	7	0		315
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	9	7	0		1935
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	9	7	0		361
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	9	7	0		27198
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	9	7	0		110
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	9	7	0		651
Duranusite ()*	None	As₄S	9	7	0		8
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	9	7	0		910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	9	7	0		24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	9	7	0		30554
Goldfieldite ()*	Tetrahedrite	(Cu₄ ₂)Cu₆Te₄S₁₃	9	7	0		72
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	9	7	0		804
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	9	7	0		469
Ishiharaite ()*	Sphalerite	(Cu,Ga,Fe,In,Zn)S	9	7	0		1
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	9	7	0		5591
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈	9	7	0		111
Lislkirchnerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Pb₆Al(OH)₈Cl₂(NO₃)₅·2H₂O	9	7	1	2006	1
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	9	7	0		198
Mawsonite ()*	None	Cu₆Fe₂SnS₈	9	7	0		92
Nekrasovite ()*	Germanite Sphalerite	Cu₁₃VSn₃S₁₆	9	7	0		11
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	9	7	0		409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	9	7	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	9	7	0		61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	9	7	0		712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	9	7	0		1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	9	7	0		5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	9	7	0		21482
Stannoidite ()*	Stannoidite	Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂	9	7	0		80
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	9	7	0		337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	9	7	0		1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	9	7	0		5317
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	9	7	0		297

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
	Kaitlynn000007	9	7	7-9	K-Ar	age of sulphide		galena	JC-103		Yes	Galena			42	Capillitas Mining District, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina	Capillitas	Tilton et al. (1981)	10.1130/MEM154-p791	MGSA154_791
	Kaitlynn000008	9	7	7-9	K-Ar	age of sulphide		galena	JC-104		Yes	Galena			42	Capillitas Mining District, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina	Capillitas	Tilton et al. (1981)	10.1130/MEM154-p791	MGSA154_791

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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