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:
Antofagasta De La Sierra, Antofagasta De La Sierra Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.3

mindat Locality ID: 276990
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276990.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Antofagasta De La Sierra, Antofagasta De La Sierra Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Betito Cu-Pb-Zn Deposit
Salar Del Plomo

Latitude: 26°18'"S
Longitude: 67°54'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.3,-67.9

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.

Atacamite	Calcite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group

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: As C Ca Cl Cu H Na O Pb

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Atacamite Calcite Malachite None Not in a structural group

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Lavendulan ()*	Malachite ()*
Phosgenite ()*

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	23	5.3	1	2031	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	23	5.3	1	2031	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	2032	27770
Lavendulan ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	23	5.3	1	2031	149
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	23	5.3	1	2031	12537
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	23	5.3	2	2031,2032	142

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-00305	23	5.3	Miocene ?									Atacamite	Cu	205928	Betito Cu-Pb-Zn Deposit, Antofagasta De La Sierra, Antofagasta De La Sierra Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina	Betito	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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