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Locality Name:
Catán Lil Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 281
Youngest recorded age at locality: 281

mindat Locality ID: 239776
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239776.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Catán Lil Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Arroyo Belisle
Arroyo La Jardinera
Bajada De Los Molles
Bajada Picún Leufú
La Amarga
Las Coloradas
Morro Del Águila
Quebrada Del Sapo

Latitude: 38°57'52"S
Longitude: 70°28'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -38.964444444444,-70.467222222222

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	Analcime	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite
Epidote	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Linarite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Mordenite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Epistilbite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Wairakite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite
Epidote Gypsum Kaolinite Linarite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Mordenite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite

22 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
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	281	281	1	3110	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	3107	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	3104	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	281	281	1	3110	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	281	281	7	3102,3103,3104,3105,3110,3111,3112	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	281	281	1	3110	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	281	281	1	3110	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	281	281	1	3110	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	281	281	1	3110	8173
Epistilbite ()*	Mordenite	Ca₃[Si₁₈Al₆O₄₈]·16H₂O			1	3107	138
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			3	3104,3105,3112	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	281	281	2	3110,3111	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	3102,3103	5591
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂			1	3107	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	3107	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	281	281	1	3110	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	281	281	1	3110	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			2	3104,3111	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	281	281	1	3110	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	281	281	7	3102,3103,3104,3105,3110,3111,3112	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	281	281	1	3110	21482
Wairakite ()*	Analcime	Ca(Si₄Al₂)O₁₂·2H₂O			1	3107	73

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-00221	281	281	281									Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Epidote, Hematite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	192115	La Voluntad, Sierra De Cachil, Las Coloradas, Catán Lil Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina	La Voluntad	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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