Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
El Guaico Mining District, Minas Department, Córdoba Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 390
Youngest recorded age at locality: 382

mindat Locality ID: 23508
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23508.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "El Guaico Mining District, Minas Department, Córdoba Province, Argentina": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Asuncion Deposit
Garibaldi Deposit
Rara Fortuna Deposit
San Carlos Deposit
Santo Domingo Deposit

Latitude: 30°58'37"S
Longitude: 65°13'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.976944444444,-65.222777777778

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	Allargentum	Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Brackebuschite
Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite
Gypsum	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Roselite
Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stannoidite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

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 C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu Fe H Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Allargentum Allophane Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Brackebuschite
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Descloizite Diaspore Digenite Enargite
Gypsum Malachite Marcasite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Roselite
Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stannoidite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

51 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Allargentum ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Brackebuschite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*
Descloizite ()*	Diaphorite ()*	Digenite ()*	Duftite ()*	Enargite ()*
Famatinite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Freieslebenite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Greenockite ()*	Groutite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Jamesonite ()*	Kësterite ()*	Kröhnkite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stannite ()*	Stannoidite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Vanadinite ()*
Wurtzite ()*

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	390	382	0		2793
Allargentum ()*	Allargentum	Ag_1-xSb_x (x ≈ 0.09-0.16)	390	382	0		69
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	390	382	0		2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	390	382	1	2425	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	390	382	0		5509
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	390	382	0		843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	390	382	0		1089
Brackebuschite ()*	Brackebuschite	Pb₂Mn³⁺(VO₄)₂(OH)	390	382	0		15
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	390	382	0		27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	390	382	0		4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	390	382	0		5707
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	390	382	0		197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	390	382	0		27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	390	382	0		3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	390	382	0		4165
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	390	382	0		378
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	390	382	0		126
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	390	382	0		1027
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	390	382	0		220
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	390	382	0		910
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	390	382	0		163
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	390	382	0		663
Freieslebenite ()*	None	AgPbSbS₃	390	382	0		105
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	390	382	1	2425	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	390	382	1	2425	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	390	382	0		30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	390	382	0		717
Groutite ()*	Diaspore	Mn³⁺O(OH)	390	382	0		72
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	390	382	0		6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	390	382	0		14640
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	390	382	0		784
Kësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂ZnSnS₄	390	382	0		82
Kröhnkite ()*	Roselite	Na₂Cu(SO₄)₂·2H₂O	390	382	0		27
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	390	382	0		249
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	390	382	0		12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	390	382	0		5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	390	382	1	2424	17380
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	390	382	0		733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	390	382	0		1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	390	382	1	2424	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	390	382	0		3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	390	382	0		1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	390	382	1	2425	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	390	382	0		5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	390	382	1	2425	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	390	382	0		668
Stannoidite ()*	Stannoidite	Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂	390	382	0		80
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	390	382	0		586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	390	382	0		5317
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	390	382	0		605
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	390	382	0		372

1 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
	Kristen002168	390	382	386±4	40Ar-39Ar	age of vein mineralization		sericite	A95RS068c						23507	Rara Fortuna Deposit, El Guaico Mining District, Minas Department, Córdoba Province, Argentina	Rara Fortuna, El Guaico District	Skirrow et al. (2000)	10.1016/S0169-1368(00)00004-4	OGR17_39

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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