Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tierra Del Fuego Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 170
Youngest recorded age at locality: 73

mindat Locality ID: 22995
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22995.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tierra Del Fuego Province, Argentina": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Río Grande Department
Ushuaia Department

Latitude: 54°1'42"S
Longitude: 68°17'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -54.028333333333,-68.295

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.

Arsenopyrite	Bournonite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Lillianite	Marcasite
Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Zircon

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Lillianite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Platinum ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Zircon ()*

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 Ca Co Cu Fe H O Pb Pt S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Bournonite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Epidote Lillianite Marcasite
Nickeline None Pyrite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Zircon

21 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
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	170	170	1	3664	9052
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	77	73	1	3663	1935
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	77	73	1	3663	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	77	73	1	3663	1089
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	170	73	2	3663,3664	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	170	170	1	3664	966
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	77	73	1	3659	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	170	73	2	3663,3664	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	170	73	4	3657,3659,3660,3664	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	77	73	1	3659	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	77	73	1	3659	5433
Lillianite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆	77	73	1	3663	128
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	170	73	2	3659,3664	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	170	170	1	3664	5674
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	77	73	2	3657,3660	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	170	73	2	3663,3664	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	170	170	1	3664	9056
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	77	73	1	3659	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	170	73	2	3663,3664	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	170	73	2	3663,3664	5317
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	77	73	1	3659	5251

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
	Bradley_2012_060	77	73	75±2	U/Pb			zircon				Zircon			22995	Tierra Del Fuego Province, Argentina	[Rocas Verdes Basin]	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183
	vms-00001	170	170	Jurassic										S	22987	Beatriz Mine, Ushuaia, Ushuaia Department, Tierra Del Fuego Province, Argentina	Beatriz	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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