Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Confluencia Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 90
Youngest recorded age at locality: 90

mindat Locality ID: 239779
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239779.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Confluencia Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Plaza Huincul

Latitude: 38°51'"S
Longitude: 69°'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -38.85,-69

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.

Allophane	Atacamite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Covellite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Turquoise	Volborthite

Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Turquoise ()*	Volborthite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K O P S Si V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Atacamite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Covellite Kaolinite Malachite Mica
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Turquoise Volborthite

15 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
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	90	90	1	3128	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	90	90	1	3128	5509
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	90	90	1	3128	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	90	90	1	3128	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	90	90	1	3128	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	90	90	1	3128	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	90	90	1	3128	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	90	90	1	3128	4165
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	90	90	1	3128	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	90	90	1	3128	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	90	90	1	3128	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	90	90	1	3128	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	90	90	1	3128	61156
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	90	90	1	3128	484
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O	90	90	1	3128	155

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
	sedcu-00026	90	90	U.Cretaceous										Cu	229581	Barda González Prospect, Plaza Huincul, Confluencia Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina	Barda González	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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