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Locality Name:
Vinchina Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 205
Youngest recorded age at locality: 205

mindat Locality ID: 239742
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239742.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vinchina Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Jagüé
Los Llantenes Mining District
Villa San José De Vinchina

Latitude: 28°22'53"S
Longitude: 68°9'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.381388888889,-68.162777777778

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	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Auricupride	Autunite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Connellite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite
Fluorite	Hydrotalcite	Löllingite	Lepidocrocite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Millerite	Monazite
Natroautunite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt
Spangolite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite	Wurtzite	Zircon

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 Ce Cl Co Cr Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Te Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Atacamite Auricupride Autunite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Caledonite
Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Connellite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Enargite
Fluorite Hydrotalcite Löllingite Lepidocrocite Linarite Malachite Marcasite Mica Millerite Monazite
Natroautunite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt
Spangolite Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Vivianite Wurtzite Zircon

88 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Alloclasite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*
Autunite ()*	Awaruite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Becquerelite ()*
Berzelianite ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcomenite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Coffinite ()*
Connellite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Enargite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Eskebornite ()*	Eucairite ()*	Ferroselite ()*
Fischesserite ()*	Galena ()*	Glaucodot ()*	Godlevskite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Greigite ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Klockmannite ()*	Krut'aite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Linarite ()*	Linnaeite ()*
Llantenesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Maucherite ()*
Metacinnabar ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdomenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*
Natrouranospinite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Paratacamite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ramaccioniite ()*
Rammelsbergite ()*	Reevesite ()*	Schmiederite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Selenium ()*
Silver ()*	Stilleite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tiemannite ()*
Trogtalite ()*	Tyrrellite ()*	Umangite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranospinite ()*
Vaesite ()*	Yukonite ()*	Zeunerite ()*

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	205	205	1	2965	2793
Alloclasite ()*	Löllingite	CoAsS			1	2970	56
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			2	2962,2970	445
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	2970	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	205	205	1	2965	544
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O			1	2962	1272
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe			1	2963	166
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	205	205	1	2965	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	205	205	1	2965	11547
Becquerelite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₆O₄(OH)₆·8H₂O			1	2962	92
Berzelianite ()*	None	Cu_2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)	205	205	1	2965	66
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	205	205	1	2965	450
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	2970	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	205	205	2	2965,2970	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	205	205	1	2965	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	205	205	2	2962,2965	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	205	205	1	2965	359
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	205	205	1	2965	5707
Chalcomenite ()*	None	Cu(Se⁴⁺O₃)·2H₂O	205	205	2	2965,2966	40
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	205	205	5	2962,2963,2964,2965,2970	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	2963	3902
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	205	205	1	2965	2600
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	205	205	2	2965,2966	281
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS			1	2970	966
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O			1	2962	566
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	205	205	1	2965	295
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	205	205	1	2965	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	205	205	1	2965	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	205	205	2	2965,2970	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	2962	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	205	205	1	2965	910
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	2970	814
Eskebornite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeSe₂	205	205	1	2965	26
Eucairite ()*	None	CuAgSe	205	205	1	2965	54
Ferroselite ()*	Marcasite	FeSe₂	205	205	1	2965	51
Fischesserite ()*	None	Ag₃AuSe₂	205	205	1	2965	24
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	205	205	1	2965	24243
Glaucodot ()*	Arsenopyrite	(Co_0.5Fe_0.5)AsS			1	2970	131
Godlevskite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	2963	40
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	205	205	1	2965	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	205	205	2	2965,2970	30554
Greigite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂S₄	205	205	1	2965	62
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂			1	2963	205
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	205	205	1	2965	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			2	2963,2964	5433
Klockmannite ()*	Covellite	Cu_5.2Se₆	205	205	1	2965	63
Krut'aite ()*	Pyrite	CuSe₂	205	205	1	2965	12
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	205	205	1	2965	581
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	205	205	1	2965	987
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	205	205	1	2965	249
Llantenesite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al[SeO₄](OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O	205	205	1	2968	1
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	2963	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	205	205	1	2965	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			2	2962,2970	5674
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈			1	2962	161
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	205	205	1	2965	255
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS			1	2962	1066
Molybdomenite ()*	None	PbSe⁴⁺O₃	205	205	2	2965,2966	15
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)			1	2962	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	2962	17380
Natrouranospinite ()*	Natroautunite	Na₂(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·5H₂O			1	2962	13
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	205	205	1	2965	192
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs			1	2962	633
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS			1	2962	767
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	205	205	1	2965	158
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			2	2963,2964	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	205	205	3	2962,2965,2970	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			3	2963,2964,2970	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	205	205	2	2965,2970	61156
Ramaccioniite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄[SeO₄](OH)₆	205	205	1	2968	1
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂			1	2962	233
Reevesite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O			1	2962	48
Schmiederite ()*	Linarite	Cu₂Pb₂(Se⁴⁺O₃)(Se⁶⁺O₄)(OH)₄	205	205	2	2965,2966	13
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			1	2970	1153
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	205	205	1	2965	143
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	205	205	1	2965	5186
Stilleite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnSe	205	205	1	2965	7
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S			1	2970	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	205	205	1	2965	5317
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe	205	205	1	2965	83
Trogtalite ()*	Pyrite	CoSe₂	205	205	1	2965	10
Tyrrellite ()*	Spinel	Cu(Co,Ni)₂Se₄	205	205	1	2965	17
Umangite ()*	None	Cu₃Se₂	205	205	2	2965,2966	71
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	2962	2718
Uranospinite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·10H₂O			1	2962	51
Vaesite ()*	Pyrite	NiS₂			1	2962	106
Yukonite ()*	None	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·4H₂O			1	2962	29
Zeunerite ()*	Autunite	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·12H₂O			1	2962	185

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
	Emily000540	205	205			mineralization									5816	Los Llantenes Mining District, Vinchina Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina	Carrizal	Rubistein et al. (2006)		BGM117_379

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R100089	El Cóndor Mine, Los Llantenes Mining District, Vinchina Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina	https://rruff.info/R100089

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