Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
San Luis I Mine, San Luis Mine, La Florida, Totoral Pegmatitic Field, Coronel Pringles Department, San Luis Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 488
Youngest recorded age at locality: 464

mindat Locality ID: 258222
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-258222.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Luis I Mine, San Luis Mine, La Florida, Totoral Pegmatitic Field, Coronel Pringles Department, San Luis Province, Argentina": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Clay	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pyroxene	Quartz

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 H K Li Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H K Li Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Feldspar Mica None Pyroxene Quartz

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spodumene ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	488	464	8803
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	488	464	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	488	464	61156
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	488	464	688

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
	Bradley_2012_162	488	464	476±12	U/Pb			columbite, tantalite			Yes				11465	San Luis Mine, La Florida, Totoral Pegmatitic Field, Coronel Pringles Department, San Luis Province, Argentina	La Totora	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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