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Locality Name:
Antofagasta De La Sierra Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.3

mindat Locality ID: 239565
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239565.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Antofagasta De La Sierra Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina": 31
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Antofagasta De La Sierra
Antofalla
Archibarca
Campos De Piedra Pómez
Salar Del Hombre Muerto

Latitude: 25°44'50"S
Longitude: 67°37'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.747222222222,-67.620277777778

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.

Amorphous	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Cristobalite	Diaspore	Gypsum
Lepidocrocite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel

Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Borax ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Colemanite ()*	Cristobalite ()*
Glauberite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Lavendulan ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Opal ()*	Phosgenite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Thénardite ()*	Ulexite ()*

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: Al As Au B C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Na O Pb S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Arsenopyrite Atacamite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Cristobalite Diaspore Gypsum
Lepidocrocite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spinel

30 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
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			3	2034,2037,2040	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	2046	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	23	5.3	1	2031	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	23	5.3	1	2031	5509
Borax ()*	None	Na₂B₄O₅(OH)₄·8H₂O			2	2037,2038	76
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	2032,2037	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			2	2040,2046	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	2037,2046	27198
Colemanite ()*	None	CaB₃O₄(OH)₃·H₂O			3	2037,2044,2045	144
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂			1	2037	453
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂			1	2037	137
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	2046	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			6	2037,2046,2049,2050,2051,2052	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			3	2034,2037,2040	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			2	2034,2037	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	2037	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	2037	5433
Lavendulan ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	23	5.3	1	2031	149
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)			1	2046	581
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	2037	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	23	5.3	2	2031,2046	12537
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O			1	2037	223
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			2	2036,2037	2994
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	23	5.3	2	2031,2032	142
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			4	2037,2040,2046,2057	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			4	2036,2037,2046,2057	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	2037	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			2	2037,2042	1516
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)			1	2037	299
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O			15	2037,2039,2041,2043,2044,2045,2047,2048,2053,2054,2055,2056,2058,2059,2060	160

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
	PorphCu-00305	23	5.3	Miocene ?									Atacamite	Cu	205928	Betito Cu-Pb-Zn Deposit, Antofagasta De La Sierra, Antofagasta De La Sierra Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina	Betito	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060645	Salar Del Hombre Muerto, Antofagasta De La Sierra Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina	https://rruff.info/R060645

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