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Locality Name:
Los Andes Department, Salta Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 33.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 15

mindat Locality ID: 239519
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239519.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Los Andes Department, Salta Province, Argentina": 52
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 42

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Abra De Quirón
Cerro Aritas Occurrence
El Quevar Mining District
Inca Viejo Cu-Au Deposit
La Brava Mine
La Casualidad
Laguna Santa Maria
Pastos Grandes Area
Quebrada De Quirón
Quebrada Rupasca
Rio Grande
Salar De Arizaro
Salar De Diablillos
Salar Del Hombre Muerto
Salar Del Rincon
San Antonio De Los Cobres
Sijes
Socacastro Canyon
Socompa Volcano
Vega De Arizaro

Latitude: 24°39'11"S
Longitude: 67°14'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.653055555556,-67.243611111111

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 B Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Sr Te Ti U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAragoniteAramayoiteArgyroditeArsenopyriteAtacamiteAutuniteBaryte
BournoniteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayClinozoisiteCopperCoronaditeCorundum
CovelliteCristobaliteDiasporeDigeniteEnargiteEpidoteGeocroniteGypsumHalotrichiteKaolinite
LillianiteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMeloniteMeneghiniteMeta-autuniteMicaMohiteMolybdenite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentOwyheeitePavonitePolybasitePyritePyrophylliteQuartz
RocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStannoiditeStibniteSulphurTetradymite
TetrahedriteTridymiteTurquoiseWurtziteZinkenite

145 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Alfredstelznerite  (*)Altaite  (*)Alunite  (*)
Ameghinite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Annivite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Aramayoite  (*)Aristarainite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Autunite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Benjaminite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Borax  (*)
Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Canfieldite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Catalanoite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Colemanite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Diaphorite  (*)Digenite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Eugsterite  (*)Ezcurrite  (*)Famatinite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gaylussite  (*)Geocronite  (*)Ginorite  (*)Gladite  (*)
Glauberite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Goldfieldite  (*)Gowerite  (*)
Gustavite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hodrušite  (*)Hydroboracite  (*)Hydroglauberite  (*)Idaite  (*)Inderborite  (*)
Inderite  (*)Inyoite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Jordanite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kawazulite  (*)Kernite  (*)Kësterite  (*)Krennerite  (*)
Krupkaite  (*)Kuramite  (*)Kurnakovite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Lillianite  (*)
Luzonite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Matildite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)Mcallisterite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Melonite  (*)
Meta-autunite  (*)Meyerhofferite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Mirabilite  (*)Mohite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nobleite  (*)Orpiment  (*)
Owyheeite  (*)Pearceite  (*)Petzite  (*)Pinnoite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Probertite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Rivadavite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Searlesite  (*)Seligmannite  (*)Semseyite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Stannoidite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Strontioginorite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Sylvanite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thénardite  (*)Tincalconite  (*)
Tridymite  (*)Trona  (*)Turquoise  (*)Ulexite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Vinciennite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Yugawaralite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)Zunyite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S33309,3311,33392793
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS313342315
Alfredstelznerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa4(H2O)4[B4O4(OH)6]4(H2O)15133531
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe13341489
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)633.62933310,3332,3333966
Ameghinite  (*)Not in a structural groupNaB3O3(OH)4133361
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)23309,33392734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)23349,33531588
Annivite  (*)TetrahedriteCu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2](Bi,Sb,As)4S13133427
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)23307,33353250
Aramayoite  (*)AramayoiteAg3Sb2(Bi,Sb)S623309,331129
Aristarainite  (*)Not in a structural groupNa2Mg[B6O8(OH)4]2·4H2O133364
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS23339,33429052
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)333.62913333544
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O133071272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21515133145509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1331111547
Benjaminite  (*)PavoniteAg3Bi7S121334245
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S323341,33421935
Borax  (*)NoneNa2B4O5(OH)4·8H2O1333676
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS433.62933332,3333,33425516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S1133309,3311,3313843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS333309,3311,33391089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)63307,3309,3310,3335,3337,335527770
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS61334291
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO233309,3311,33425171
Catalanoite  (*)NoneNa2(HPO4)·8H2O133191
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)23309,33394979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O13309925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S33.61533314,3333,33425707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS233.61573309,3311,3314,3332,3333,3339,334227198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS213342162
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl23309,33131382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1515133143531
Colemanite  (*)NoneCaB3O4(OH)3·H2O93320,3336,3346,3347,3348,3349,3351,3353,3354144
Copper  (*)CopperCu33.629133333846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS33.62963309,3311,3332,3333,3339,33424165
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO213310453
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O1613313599
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O133422970
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S823309,3311126
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S292923332,33421027
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS213342246
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS433309,3311,3342910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)292923310,33328173
Eugsterite  (*)NoneNa4Ca(SO4)3·2H2O23330,333732
Ezcurrite  (*)NoneNa2B5O7(OH)3·2H2O133362
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS433309,3311,3342163
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S1223309,3311663
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS313309105
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS33.62953309,3311,3332,3333,333924243
Gaylussite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(CO3)2·5H2O1331957
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S2333309,3311,3313133
Ginorite  (*)NoneCa2B14O20(OH)6·5H2O1333611
Gladite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi5S91334267
Glauberite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(SO4)223315,3337137
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)33.61523314,33337437
Gold  (*)CopperAu33.61553314,3333,3339,3341,334230554
Goldfieldite  (*)Tetrahedrite(Cu4   2)Cu6Te4S131334272
Gowerite  (*)NoneCa[B5O8(OH)][B(OH)3]·3H2O1335313
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S613342113
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O123310,3315,3335,3336,3337,3339,3346,3347,3348,3349,3351,33536890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl33335,3336,33371398
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O13339409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O333.61543310,3314,3332,333314640
Hodrušite  (*)NoneCu8Bi12S221334228
Hydroboracite  (*)NoneCaMg[B3O4(OH)3]2·3H2O113320,3336,3345,3346,3347,3348,3349,3350,3351,3353,335442
Hydroglauberite  (*)NoneNa10Ca3(SO4)8·6H2O1333716
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS413342142
Inderborite  (*)NoneCaMg[B3O3(OH)5]2·6H2O133534
Inderite  (*)NoneMgB3O3(OH)5·5H2O23336,335313
Inyoite  (*)NoneCaB3O3(OH)5·4H2O103320,3336,3346,3347,3348,3349,3350,3351,3352,335334
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S1413339784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)633.61533310,3314,33332228
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S2313311105
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)433.62923310,33335591
Kawazulite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2Se1334232
Kernite  (*)NoneNa2B4O6(OH)2·3H2O1333610
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS41334282
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe813341111
Krupkaite  (*)MeneghinitePbCuBi3S61334280
Kuramite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SnS41334212
Kurnakovite  (*)NoneMgB3O3(OH)5·5H2O1333615
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O133101271
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS613311128
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS413342198
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)133361487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O429291333214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2151523310,331412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS243309,3311,3339,33425674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS213342252
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS823309,334292
Mcallisterite  (*)NoneMg2[B6O7(OH)6]2·9H2O133369
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O13339915
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe213341207
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O13307388
Meyerhofferite  (*)NoneCaB3O3(OH)5·H2O43349,3350,3352,335323
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS223309,3311300
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O33315,3335,3337223
Mohite  (*)MohiteCu2SnS3133424
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2291523314,33325800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O133101508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)233.61543310,3314,3332,333317380
Nobleite  (*)NoneCaB6O9(OH)2·3H2O23350,335311
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S323351,3353511
Owyheeite  (*)OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S281331189
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]23309,3311249
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe213341409
Pinnoite  (*)NoneMgB2O(OH)61335513
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]23309,3311716
Probertite  (*)NoneNaCaB5O7(OH)4·3H2O1333629
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS313311733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS333309,3311,33391425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS233.61573309,3311,3314,3332,3333,3339,334239462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2292913332771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82929133329056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO243309,3310,3339,334261156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS33348,3351,3353712
Rivadavite  (*)NoneNa6Mg[B6O7(OH)6]4·10H2O133364
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22929133325614
Searlesite  (*)NoneNaBSi2O5(OH)21333634
Seligmannite  (*)BournoniteCuPbAsS323309,331164
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S2123309,3339165
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS33.62963309,3311,3332,3333,3339,334221482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS423311,3342668
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S1223309,334280
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS423309,3311586
Strontioginorite  (*)NoneCaSrB14O20(OH)6·5H2O133365
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS33310,3318,33562045
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe413341337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1333309,3311,33421803
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S13342510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1343309,3311,3339,33425317
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)23315,3337299
Tincalconite  (*)NoneNa2B4O5(OH)4·3H2O1333629
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO213310458
Trona  (*)NoneNa3(HCO3)(CO3)·2H2O13319129
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O151513314484
Ulexite  (*)NoneNaCaB5O6(OH)6·5H2O103334,3335,3336,3337,3348,3349,3350,3351,3353,3355160
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O13307890
Vinciennite  (*)NoneCu10Fe4SnAsS161334213
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS313342297
Yugawaralite  (*)NoneCa(Si6Al2)O16·4H2O1331033
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S4213339228
Zunyite  (*)NoneAl13Si5O20(OH,F)18Cl29291333286



3 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-00420151515      Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Gold, Hematite, Jarosite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, TurquoiseCu206312Inca Viejo Cu-Au Deposit, Los Andes Department, Salta Province, ArgentinaInca ViejoSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-00422292929      Alunite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Digenite, Epidote, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Sphalerite, ZunyiteCu206314Taca-Taca Alto Cu Deposit, Salar De Arizaro, Los Andes Department, Salta Province, ArgentinaTaca Taca AltoSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-0042333.62933.6–29      Alunite, Atacamite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Gold, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Pyrite, SphaleriteCu206315Taca-Taca Bajo Cu Deposit, Salar De Arizaro, Los Andes Department, Salta Province, ArgentinaTaca Taca BajoSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060643Tincalayu Mine (Boroquimica Mine), Salar Del Hombre Muerto, Los Andes Department, Salta Province, Argentinahttps://rruff.info/R060643
C131036Tincalayu Mine (Boroquimica Mine), Salar Del Hombre Muerto, Los Andes Department, Salta Province, Argentinahttps://rruff.info/C131036
R060713Sijes, Los Andes Department, Salta Province, Argentinahttps://rruff.info/R060713
R050157Sijes, Los Andes Department, Salta Province, Argentinahttps://rruff.info/R050157


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