Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Virorco Pegmatites, Las Águilas Deposit, El Trapiche, Coronel Pringles Department, San Luis Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 460
Youngest recorded age at locality: 374

mindat Locality ID: 251763
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-251763.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Virorco Pegmatites, Las Águilas Deposit, El Trapiche, Coronel Pringles Department, San Luis Province, Argentina": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°5'44"S
Longitude: 66°7'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.095555555556,-66.123333333333

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.

Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Beryl	Clay	Columbite	Dumortierite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Dravite ()*
Dumortierite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Holmquistite ()*
Holtite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pollucite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rossmanite ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Thorite ()*
Uraninite ()*	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: Al B Be Ca Cs F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Si Ta Th Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Ca Cs F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Si Ta Th Ti U Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Apatite Beryl Clay Columbite Dumortierite Feldspar Fluorite Mica
None Not in a structural group Olivine Quartz Rutile Spinel Tourmaline Zircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	460	374	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	460	460	4286
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	376	374	321
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	460	460	289
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	460	460	648
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	376	374	231
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	460	460	520
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	460	460	2740
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	460	460	445
Holmquistite ()*	Amphibole	Li₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	460	374	42
Holtite ()*	Dumortierite	(Ta_0.6 _0.4)Al₆BSi₃O₁₈	376	374	6
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	376	374	1507
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	376	374	17380
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	460	460	140
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	460	460	61156
Rossmanite ()*	Tourmaline	(Al₂Li)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	460	460	37
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	460	374	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	460	374	2705
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	460	374	211
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	460	374	1006
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	460	374	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	460	460	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
	Alexandra-0376	460	460	460	U–Pb	Age of pegmatite		zircon				Zircon	Beryl, Dravite, Elbaite, Fluorapatite, Gahnite, Columbite-(Mn), Tantalite-(Mn), Muscovite, Pollucite, Quartz, Rossmanite, Rutile, Schorl		251763	Virorco Pegmatites, Las Águilas Deposit, El Trapiche, Coronel Pringles Department, San Luis Province, Argentina	Virorco	Galliski et al. (2012)	10.3749/canmin.50.4.873	CM50_873
	Alexandra-0377	376	374	375±1	Ar–Ar	Age of metamorphism		muscovite				Muscovite	Chrysoberyl, Dumortierite, Holtite, Kyanite, Tantalite-(Mn), Muscovite, Rutile, Schorl, Sillimanite, Staurolite		251763	Virorco Pegmatites, Las Águilas Deposit, El Trapiche, Coronel Pringles Department, San Luis Province, Argentina	Virorco	Galliski et al. (2012)	10.3749/canmin.50.4.873	CM50_873	A tectonically active setting for the San Luis Range after the supposed emplacement of the dumortierite-bearing pegmatites is documented by the Ar–Ar age of muscovite from a sheared kyanite – staurolite – muscovite ± sillimanite pegmatite located 24 km to the north of Virorco, dated at 375±1 Ma (Sims et al. 1998).

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