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Locality Name:
Nevados De Famatina Cu-Au Deposit (La Estrechura), Chilecito, Chilecito Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3.8

mindat Locality ID: 23362
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23362.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nevados De Famatina Cu-Au Deposit (La Estrechura), Chilecito, Chilecito Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
La Mejicana Mine
Upulungus Mine

Latitude: 29°'"S
Longitude: 67°45'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29,-67.75

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Te V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteBaryteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteEnargite
GermaniteGypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMeloniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPolybasitePyritePyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStannoidite
TetrahedriteUytenbogaardtiteWurtzite

46 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Colusite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Famatinite  (*)Fibroferrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Goldfieldite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Idaite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Mawsonite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pearceite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stannoidite  (*)Stützite  (*)Svanbergite  (*)
Sylvanite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Uytenbogaardtite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Zunyite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S53.802793
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)653.80966
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)53.801588
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)53.8011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS453.805516
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O53.80925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S53.805707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS253.822883,288427198
Colusite  (*)Sphalerite GermaniteCu13VAs3S1653.822883,2884110
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS53.804165
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS453.822883,2884910
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS453.822883,2884163
Fibroferrite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O53.80107
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS53.8024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu53.8030554
Goldfieldite  (*)Tetrahedrite(Cu4   2)Cu6Te4S1353.822883,288472
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O53.806890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O353.8014640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te53.812883804
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS453.80142
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)453.805591
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS453.822883,2884198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O453.8014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)253.8012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS253.805674
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS853.8092
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS253.805800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)253.8017380
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]53.80249
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]53.812883716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS253.822883,288439462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)253.80771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S853.809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO253.81288361156
Silver  (*)CopperAg53.8128835186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS53.8021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS453.80668
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S1253.8080
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)53.81288392
Svanbergite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)653.80105
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe453.812883337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1353.822883,28841803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1353.8128835317
Uytenbogaardtite  (*)UytenbogaardtiteAg3AuS253.8046
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS353.80297
Zunyite  (*)NoneAl13Si5O20(OH,F)18Cl53.8086



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
PorphCu-0006553.85–3.8      Alunite, Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Famatinite, Gold, Goldfieldite, Hematite, Idaite, Luzonite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Svanbergite, Sylvanite, ZunyiteCu23362Nevados De Famatina Cu-Au Deposit (La Estrechura), Chilecito, Chilecito Department, La Rioja Province, ArgentinaNevados de FamatinaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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