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Locality Name:
Chilecito Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina

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

mindat Locality ID: 239729
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239729.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chilecito Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Chilecito
Sañogasta

Latitude: 29°7'5"S
Longitude: 67°40'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.118055555556,-67.681388888889

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 Co Cu F Fe Ge H Hg K Mn Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Sr Te U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteArgyroditeAutuniteBaryteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayCopper
CorundumCovelliteDigeniteEnargiteFluoriteGermaniteGypsumKaoliniteLöllingiteMalachite
MarcasiteMeloniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePolybasitePyrite
PyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStannoiditeSulphurTetrahedrite
UytenbogaardtiteWurtzite

83 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Altaite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Argyrodite  (*)Autunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Berzelianite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Clausthalite  (*)Colusite  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Eucairite  (*)Famatinite  (*)Fibroferrite  (*)Fischesserite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Goldfieldite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Idaite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Klockmannite  (*)
Luzonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)
Metacinnabar  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Naumannite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)Pearceite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rammelsbergite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Safflorite  (*)Selenium  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stannoidite  (*)
Stephanite  (*)Stilleite  (*)Stützite  (*)Svanbergite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)
Tellurium  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tiemannite  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Tyuyamunite  (*)Umangite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Uytenbogaardtite  (*)
Wittichenite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)Zunyite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S53.832879,2881,28822793
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe22879,2881489
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)653.812882966
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)53.8128821588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2128813092
Argyrodite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8GeS622879,288162
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O62886,2887,2890,2891,2893,28941272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)53.872879,2881,2882,2886,2887,2890,289411547
Berzelianite  (*)NoneCu2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)22888,289366
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS453.822882,28855516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)82879,2881,2886,2887,2890,2891,2893,289427770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O62886,2887,2890,2891,2893,28941184
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O53.812882925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S53.822882,28855707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS253.862879,2881,2882,2883,2884,288527198
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe22888,2893281
Colusite  (*)Sphalerite GermaniteCu13VAs3S1653.832882,2883,2884110
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS53.822881,28824165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S128811027
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS453.832882,2883,2884910
Eucairite  (*)NoneCuAgSe22888,289354
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS453.832882,2883,2884163
Fibroferrite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O53.812882107
Fischesserite  (*)NoneAg3AuSe222888,289324
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF242886,2887,2890,28949617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S1222879,2881663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS53.832879,2881,288224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu53.842879,2881,2882,289330554
Goldfieldite  (*)Tetrahedrite(Cu4   2)Cu6Te4S1353.832882,2883,288472
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O53.8128826890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O353.822882,289314640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te53.822882,2883804
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS453.822882,2893142
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)453.8128825591
Klockmannite  (*)CovelliteCu5.2Se622888,289363
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS453.832882,2883,2884198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O453.81288214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)253.81288212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS253.832879,2881,28825674
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS853.81288292
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS12888255
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS222879,2881300
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS253.8128825800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)253.842879,2880,2881,288217380
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se12893192
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs22879,2881633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As322879,2881176
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]53.832879,2881,2882249
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]53.842879,2881,2882,2883716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS322879,2881733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS322879,28811425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS253.892879,2881,2882,2883,2884,2886,2887,2890,289439462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)253.812882771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S853.8128829056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO253.852879,2880,2881,2882,288361156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs222879,2881233
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)32879,2880,28811711
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs222879,2881317
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe22888,2893143
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)32879,2880,28816417
Silver  (*)CopperAg53.842879,2881,2883,28935186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs312881531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS53.832879,2881,288221482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS453.812882668
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S1253.81288280
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS422879,2881586
Stilleite  (*)SphaleriteZnSe128937
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)53.822882,288392
Svanbergite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)653.812882105
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe453.822882,2883337
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe22879,2881190
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1353.832882,2883,28841803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1353.822882,28835317
Tiemannite  (*)SphaleriteHgSe22888,289383
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O128921059
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O82886,2887,2889,2890,2891,2892,2893,2894628
Umangite  (*)NoneCu3Se222888,289371
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO262886,2887,2890,2891,2893,28942718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O82886,2887,2889,2890,2891,2892,2893,2894890
Uytenbogaardtite  (*)UytenbogaardtiteAg3AuS253.81288246
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS353.812882297
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS22879,2881372
Zunyite  (*)NoneAl13Si5O20(OH,F)18Cl53.81288286



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 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060639Santa Brígida Mine, Sañogasta, Chilecito Department, La Rioja Province, Argentinahttps://rruff.info/R060639


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