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Locality Name:
La Esperanza Deposit, Aguilar District, Humahuaca Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 485
Youngest recorded age at locality: 470

mindat Locality ID: 22980
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22980.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Esperanza Deposit, Aguilar District, Humahuaca Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 23°7'46"S
Longitude: 65°42'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.129444444444,-65.716111111111
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: Ag Al As B Ba Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As B Ba Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteBaryteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteFluoriteLudwigite
MarcasiteMicaNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneRhodoniteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel
VesuvianiteWurtzite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Greigite  (*)
Lead  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Vonsenite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS4854700312
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS48547009052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)485470011547
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2485470027198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)48547001025
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O648547004135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)48547008173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF248547009617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS485470024243
Greigite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2S4485470062
Lead  (*)CopperPb4854700192
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4485470014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS248547005674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2485470017380
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS348547001425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2485470039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S848547009056
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)4854700969
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS485470021482
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)248547002562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1048547001395
Vonsenite  (*)LudwigiteFe2+2Fe3+O2(BO3)485470062
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS4854700372


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
sedznpb-00006485470Early Ordovician        22980La Esperanza Deposit, Aguilar District, Humahuaca Department, Jujuy Province, ArgentinaEsperanzaSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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