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Locality Name:
San Juan Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 470
Youngest recorded age at locality: 12

mindat Locality ID: 22996
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22996.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Juan Province, Argentina": 76
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 47

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Albardón Department
Angaco Department
Calingasta Department
Capital Department
Caucete Department
Chimbas Department
Esperanza Project
Iglesia Department
Jáchal Department
Nueve De Julio Department
Pocito Department
Rawson Department
Rivadavia Department
San Martín Department
Santa Lucía Department
Sarmiento Department
Ullúm Department
Valle Fértil Department
Veinticinco De Mayo Department
Zonda Department

Latitude: 30°39'6"S
Longitude: 68°54'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.651666666667,-68.912222222222

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.

Acanthite	Adelite	Allophane	Alum	Alunite	Amarantite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenic
Arsenopyrite	Aubertite	Baryte	Bismutite	Botryogen	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copiapite	Copper	Coquimbite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite
Epidote	Epsomite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Geocronite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Hexahydrite	Ilvaite
Jarlite	Johannite	Kaolinite	Kieserite	Malachite	Marcasite	Matlockite	Melanterite	Meneghinite	Mica
Mixite	Molybdenite	Monazite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Römerite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Starkeyite	Stibnite
Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite	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 Ba Bi Br C Ca Cd Ce Cl Cu F Fe H Hg I K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb Pt S Sb Se Si Sn Sr Te Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Allophane Alum Alunite Amarantite Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Arsenic
Arsenopyrite Aubertite Baryte Bismutite Botryogen Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite
Clay Clinozoisite Copiapite Copper Coquimbite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Enargite
Epidote Epsomite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Geocronite Gypsum Halotrichite Hexahydrite Ilvaite
Jarlite Johannite Kaolinite Kieserite Malachite Marcasite Matlockite Melanterite Meneghinite Mica
Mixite Molybdenite Monazite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Römerite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Starkeyite Stibnite
Sulphur Tetrahedrite Wurtzite Zircon

128 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Alum-(K) ()*	Aluminocopiapite ()*	Alunite ()*
Amarantite ()*	Andradite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aubertite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Berryite ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bismoclite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*	Botryogen ()*
Boyleite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Butlerite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Clinoclase ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Copper ()*
Coquimbite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cranswickite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Digenite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Epsomite ()*
Ferro-actinolite ()*	Fibroferrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Geocronite ()*
Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Goslarite ()*	Greenockite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hessite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Ilvaite ()*	Imiterite ()*
Iodargyrite ()*	Jarlite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Johannite ()*	Kalinite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Matildite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Mendozite ()*	Microcline ()*
Miharaite ()*	Mixite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Nickeline ()*
Olivenite ()*	Opal ()*	Orpiment ()*	Parabutlerite ()*	Pentahydrite ()*
Petrovskaite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Platinum ()*	Preisingerite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Römerite ()*
Rooseveltite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sanderite ()*	Sanjuanite ()*	Sarmientite ()*
Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Slavíkite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Starkeyite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Szomolnokite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tiemannite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranospinite ()*
Wilcoxite ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	20	16	2	3413,3424	2793
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃			1	3401	315
Alum-(K) ()*	Alum	KAl(SO₄)₂·12H₂O			1	3416	92
Aluminocopiapite ()*	Copiapite	(Al,Mg)Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH,O)₂·20H₂O	470	470	1	3393	50
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	20	16	4	3403,3413,3416,3426	966
Amarantite ()*	Amarantite	Fe³⁺₂O(SO₄)₂·7H₂O	470	470	1	3393	22
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	20	16	1	3424	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	470	470	1	3393	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	470	16	7	3393,3394,3401,3403,3406,3418,3424	9052
Aubertite ()*	Aubertite	Cu²⁺Al(SO₄)₂Cl·14H₂O	470	470	1	3393	13
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	20	16	1	3424	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	3403,3413	11547
Berryite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₃Ag₂Pb₃Bi₇S₁₆			1	3401	50
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	3394	413
Bismoclite ()*	Matlockite	BiOCl			2	3394,3413	71
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	3394	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	3394	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)			1	3388	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			3	3394,3401,3403	5516
Botryogen ()*	Botryogen	MgFe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·7H₂O	470	470	1	3393	45
Boyleite ()*	Starkeyite	Zn(SO₄)·4H₂O			1	3416	23
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	20	16	1	3424	1633
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr			1	3413	227
Butlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·2H₂O	470	470	1	3393	26
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	20	16	8	3403,3422,3424,3436,3438,3442,3443,3449	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	3394	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	261	16	6	3390,3394,3401,3403,3406,3424	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	470	13	12	3383,3385,3389,3390,3392,3393,3394,3401,3403,3406,3418,3424	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			1	3413	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	20	16	2	3394,3424	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	3413	2600
Clinoclase ()*	None	Cu₃(AsO₄)(OH)₃			1	3394	127
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)			1	3394	363
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	470	470	1	3393	382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	3386	3846
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	470	470	1	3393	136
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅			1	3394	344
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	20	16	5	3394,3401,3403,3418,3424	4165
Cranswickite ()*	Not in a structural group	Mg(SO₄)·4H₂O			2	3387,3396	1
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	3394	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	20	16	2	3394,3424	1027
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂			1	3394	246
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄			2	3403,3418	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	254	16	5	3389,3403,3418,3424,3452	8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	470	470	1	3393	484
Ferro-actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_2.5-0.0Fe²⁺_2.5-5.0)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	20	16	1	3424	129
Fibroferrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	470	470	1	3393	107
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	3416	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	254	16	5	3401,3403,3418,3424,3452	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃			1	3401	133
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	20	16	1	3424	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			4	3403,3413,3416,3418	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	261	16	7	3394,3403,3406,3413,3418,3424,3452	30554
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	470	16	2	3393,3424	188
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS			1	3401	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	470	16	5	3393,3403,3416,3418,3426	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	470	470	1	3393	409
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	20	16	1	3424	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	470	16	5	3383,3393,3401,3403,3424	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	20	16	1	3424	1689
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	20	16	1	3424	804
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O			2	3396,3416	251
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	3413	5433
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	20	16	1	3424	197
Imiterite ()*	None	Ag₂HgS₂			1	3413	17
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI			1	3413	180
Jarlite ()*	Jarlite	Na₂(Sr,Na)₁₄(Mg, )₂Al₁₂F₆₄(OH)₄			1	3416	2
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	254	16	6	3394,3403,3413,3418,3426,3452	2228
Johannite ()*	Johannite	Cu(UO₂)₂(SO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O	20	16	1	3424	69
Kalinite ()*	None	KAl(SO₄)₂·11H₂O			1	3416	54
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	20	16	3	3403,3418,3426	5591
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄			1	3394	198
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	20	16	1	3424	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	261	16	6	3401,3403,3406,3418,3424,3452	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	20	16	3	3403,3418,3424	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	20	16	1	3424	5674
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂			1	3401	252
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	470	470	1	3393	915
Mendozite ()*	None	NaAl(SO₄)₂·11H₂O			1	3416	28
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	3451	4924
Miharaite ()*	None	PbCu₄FeBiS₆			1	3401	19
Mixite ()*	Mixite	Cu₆Bi(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O			1	3388	168
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	261	261	3	3383,3403,3406	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)			1	3451	945
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	3420	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	261	16	9	3383,3389,3390,3403,3406,3416,3418,3426,3451	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	3416	128
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O			1	3450	1236
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se			1	3413	192
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs			1	3440	633
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)			1	3394	492
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	3449	2994
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	20	16	2	3424,3447	511
Parabutlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·2H₂O	470	470	1	3393	23
Pentahydrite ()*	Chalcanthite	Mg(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	3416	32
Petrovskaite ()*	None	AuAgS			1	3413	9
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	470	470	2	3393,3395	265
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt			1	3413	485
Preisingerite ()*	None	Bi₃O(AsO₄)₂(OH)			2	3388,3394	53
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	470	13	13	3383,3385,3389,3390,3392,3393,3394,3401,3403,3406,3418,3424,3452	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	20	16	1	3424	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	261	16	3	3401,3406,3424	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	470	470	8	3383,3393,3394,3403,3413,3418,3449,3451	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	20	16	2	3424,3447	712
Römerite ()*	Römerite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₄·14H₂O	470	470	1	3393	115
Rooseveltite ()*	Monazite	Bi(AsO₄)			2	3388,3394	38
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			2	3383,3413	5614
Sanderite ()*	Not in a structural group	Mg(SO₄)·2H₂O	470	470	1	3387	4
Sanjuanite ()*	None	Al₂(PO₄)(SO₄)(OH)·9H₂O			1	3429	2
Sarmientite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	470	470	1	3393	8
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	470	470	2	3393,3394	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	254	238	1	3452	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	3413	5186
Slavíkite ()*	Not in a structural group	(H₃O)₃Mg₆Fe₁₅(SO₄)₂₁(OH)₁₈·98H₂O	470	470	1	3393	44
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	20	16	1	3424	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	470	16	8	3393,3394,3401,3403,3406,3418,3424,3452	21482
Starkeyite ()*	Starkeyite	Mg(SO₄)·4H₂O			1	3396	79
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	470	470	2	3393,3445	2045
Szomolnokite ()*	Kieserite	Fe(SO₄)·H₂O	470	470	1	3393	139
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			2	3401,3403	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	3394	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			4	3394,3401,3403,3418	5317
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe			1	3413	83
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	3440	2718
Uranospinite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·10H₂O			1	3440	51
Wilcoxite ()*	Aubertite	MgAl(SO₄)₂F·17H₂O			1	3416	11
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃			1	3401	297
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	3413	5251

8 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	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 ID
PorphCu-00308	13	13	13	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite	Cu	205931	Cerro Mercedario, Barreal, Calingasta Department, San Juan Province, Argentina	Cerro Mercedario	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00310	65	65	probably Laramide	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite	Cu	205933	Los Azules Cu Deposit, Calingasta, Calingasta Department, San Juan Province, Argentina	Los Azules	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00301	267	267	267	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite	Cu	205922	Alcaparrosa Mine, Quebrada Alcaparrosa, Calingasta, Calingasta Department, San Juan Province, Argentina	Alcaparrosa	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
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
PorphCu-00307	261	261	261	Arsenopyrite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite	Cu	205930	Carrizal Cu Deposit, Angualasto, Iglesia Department, San Juan Province, Argentina	Carrizal	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00639	12	12	12		Cu	227882	Arroyo Chita Prospect, Bella Vista, Iglesia Department, San Juan Province, Argentina	Arroyo Chita	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
sedznpb-00007	20	16	20–16			23505	Gualilan-Gualcamayo District (Hualilán Mining District), Villa Mercedes, Jáchal Department, San Juan Province, Argentina	Gualilan	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252
sedznpb-00008	254	238	246±8			270089	Yanzi Deposit (Bella Blenda; Crystal Blenda), Valle Fértil Department, San Juan Province, Argentina	Yanzi	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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