Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Deseado Massif, Deseado Department, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 65.5

mindat Locality ID: 271811
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-271811.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Deseado Massif, Deseado Department, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Tres Cerros

Latitude: 48°6'"S
Longitude: 67°28'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -48.1,-67.479166666667

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	Alunite	Amorphous	Aramayoite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Epidote
Fluorite	Kaolinite	Kobellite	Lillianite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Owyheeite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Wollastonite
Wurtzite

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 C Ca Cd Cu Fe H K Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amorphous Aramayoite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Enargite Epidote
Fluorite Kaolinite Kobellite Lillianite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Owyheeite Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stannite Tetrahedrite Wollastonite
Wurtzite

59 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Aramayoite ()*	Argentotennantite-(Zn) ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Betekhtinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*
Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*	Enargite ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferrokësterite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Giessenite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hübnerite ()*
Idaite ()*	Izoklakeite ()*	Kalinite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kësterite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nacrite ()*	Natroalunite ()*
Opal ()*	Ourayite ()*	Owyheeite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Plumbonacrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Uraninite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wurtzite ()*

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	3554	2793
Aramayoite ()*	Aramayoite	Ag₃Sb₂(Bi,Sb)S₆			1	3554	29
Argentotennantite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆(Cu₄Zn₂)As₄S₁₃			1	3554	14
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	3554,3555	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	145.5	65.5	1	3552	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	3551,3558	11547
Betekhtinite ()*	None	(Cu,Fe)₂₁Pb₂S₁₅	145.5	65.5	1	3552	45
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	145.5	65.5	2	3551,3552	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃			1	3554	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			3	3551,3554,3558	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			2	3554,3555	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	145.5	65.5	1	3552	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145.5	65.5	6	3551,3552,3554,3555,3556,3559	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	145.5	65.5	2	3552,3559	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆			1	3558	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	145.5	65.5	1	3552	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	145.5	65.5	1	3552	144
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	3554	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	145.5	65.5	1	3552	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	145.5	65.5	3	3552,3554,3556	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	3554	8173
Ferrokësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄			3	3554,3555,3556	13
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂			2	3554,3556	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145.5	65.5	5	3551,3552,3554,3555,3556	24243
Giessenite ()*	Kobellite	(Cu,Fe)₂Pb_26.4(Bi,Sb)_19.6S₅₇			1	3554	18
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	3554	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	145.5	65.5	3	3551,3552,3554	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS			2	3554,3555	717
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	145.5	65.5	4	3551,3552,3554,3558	14640
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)			2	3554,3555	469
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	145.5	65.5	1	3552	142
Izoklakeite ()*	Kobellite	Pb_26.4(Cu,Fe)₂(Sb,Bi)_19.6S₅₇			1	3554	25
Kalinite ()*	None	KAl(SO₄)₂·11H₂O			1	3554	54
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	3554,3558	5591
Kësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂ZnSnS₄			1	3554	82
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	145.5	65.5	1	3552	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	145.5	65.5	1	3552	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	3554	17380
Nacrite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	3554	112
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	3554	128
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	3558	2994
Ourayite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₃Pb₄Bi₅S₁₃			1	3554	24
Owyheeite ()*	Owyheeite	Ag₃Pb₁₀Sb₁₁S₂₈			1	3554	89
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	3554	477
Plumbonacrite ()*	None	Pb₅(CO₃)₃O(OH)₂			1	3554	13
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145.5	65.5	7	3551,3552,3554,3555,3556,3558,3559	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	3558	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	3554	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145.5	65.5	4	3551,3552,3554,3558	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			1	3554	969
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	145.5	65.5	1	3552	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	3554	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145.5	65.5	5	3551,3552,3554,3555,3556	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄			2	3554,3555	668
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	145.5	65.5	1	3552	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			2	3551,3554	5317
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	3559	2718
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	3554	1247
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS			1	3554	372

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-00045	145.5	65.5	Cretaceous									Betekhtinite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cuprite, Delafossite, Digenite, Enargite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tenorite, Electrum	Cu	14000	La Leona Mine, Tres Cerros, Deseado Massif, Deseado Department, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina	Bajo de la Leona	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...