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Locality Name:
Iglesia Department, San Juan Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 261
Youngest recorded age at locality: 12

mindat Locality ID: 239826
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239826.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iglesia Department, San Juan Province, Argentina": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Angualasto
Bella Vista
Las Flechas Prospect
Tudcum
Valle Del Cura

Latitude: 29°56'32"S
Longitude: 69°28'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.942222222222,-69.470833333333

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	Alum	Alunite	Arsenopyrite	Aubertite	Baryte	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum	Hexahydrite	Jarlite	Matlockite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite	Wurtzite
Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Alum-(K) ()*	Alunite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismoclite ()*	Boyleite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Imiterite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*
Jarlite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kalinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mendozite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Pentahydrite ()*
Petrovskaite ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tiemannite ()*	Wilcoxite ()*
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 Br Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg I K Mg Mo Na O Pt S Se Si Sr Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alum Alunite Arsenopyrite Aubertite Baryte Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum Hexahydrite Jarlite Matlockite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite Wurtzite
Zircon

41 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	3413	2793
Alum-(K) ()*	Alum	KAl(SO₄)₂·12H₂O			1	3416	92
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			2	3413,3416	966
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	261	261	1	3406	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	3413	11547
Bismoclite ()*	Matlockite	BiOCl			1	3413	71
Boyleite ()*	Starkeyite	Zn(SO₄)·4H₂O			1	3416	23
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr			1	3413	227
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	261	261	1	3406	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	261	261	1	3406	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			1	3413	1382
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	3413	2600
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	3416	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	3413,3416	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	261	261	2	3406,3413	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	3416	6890
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O			1	3416	251
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	3413	5433
Imiterite ()*	None	Ag₂HgS₂			1	3413	17
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI			1	3413	180
Jarlite ()*	Jarlite	Na₂(Sr,Na)₁₄(Mg, )₂Al₁₂F₆₄(OH)₄			1	3416	2
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	3413	2228
Kalinite ()*	None	KAl(SO₄)₂·11H₂O			1	3416	54
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	261	261	1	3406	14899
Mendozite ()*	None	NaAl(SO₄)₂·11H₂O			1	3416	28
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	261	261	1	3406	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	261	261	2	3406,3416	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	3416	128
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se			1	3413	192
Pentahydrite ()*	Chalcanthite	Mg(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	3416	32
Petrovskaite ()*	None	AuAgS			1	3413	9
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt			1	3413	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	261	261	1	3406	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	261	261	1	3406	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	3413	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	3413	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	3413	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	261	261	1	3406	21482
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe			1	3413	83
Wilcoxite ()*	Aubertite	MgAl(SO₄)₂F·17H₂O			1	3416	11
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	3413	5251

2 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-00307	261	261	261									Arsenopyrite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite	Cu	205930	Carrizal Cu Deposit, Angualasto, Iglesia Department, San Juan Province, Argentina	Carrizal	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	PorphCu-00639	12	12	12										Cu	227882	Arroyo Chita Prospect, Bella Vista, Iglesia Department, San Juan Province, Argentina	Arroyo Chita	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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