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Locality Name:
Chilecito, Chilecito Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3.8

mindat Locality ID: 277349
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277349.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chilecito, Chilecito Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cerro Negro District
Nevados De Famatina Cu-Au Deposit (La Estrechura)

Latitude: 29°4'1"S
Longitude: 67°42'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.066944444444,-67.71

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	Argyrodite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Digenite	Enargite	Germanite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melonite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stannoidite	Tetrahedrite	Uytenbogaardtite	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 Cl Co Cu F Fe Ge H K Mn Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Te V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Argyrodite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum
Covellite Digenite Enargite Germanite Gypsum Kaolinite Löllingite Malachite Marcasite Melonite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite Polybasite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz
Rocksalt Skutterudite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stannoidite Tetrahedrite Uytenbogaardtite Wurtzite

65 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Altaite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Argyrodite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Colusite ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*
Enargite ()*	Famatinite ()*	Fibroferrite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Goldfieldite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*
Idaite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Mawsonite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nickeline ()*	Nickelskutterudite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rammelsbergite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Safflorite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stannoidite ()*	Stephanite ()*
Stützite ()*	Svanbergite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Tellurium ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Uytenbogaardtite ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Wurtzite ()*	Zunyite ()*

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	5	3.8	3	2879,2881,2882	2793
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe			2	2879,2881	489
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	5	3.8	1	2882	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	5	3.8	1	2882	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	2881	3092
Argyrodite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈GeS₆			2	2879,2881	62
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	5	3.8	3	2879,2881,2882	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5	3.8	1	2882	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	2879,2881	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	5	3.8	1	2882	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5	3.8	1	2882	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	3.8	5	2879,2881,2882,2883,2884	27198
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	5	3.8	3	2882,2883,2884	110
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	5	3.8	2	2881,2882	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	2881	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	5	3.8	3	2882,2883,2884	910
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	5	3.8	3	2882,2883,2884	163
Fibroferrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	5	3.8	1	2882	107
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂			2	2879,2881	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	3.8	3	2879,2881,2882	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	3.8	3	2879,2881,2882	30554
Goldfieldite ()*	Tetrahedrite	(Cu₄ ₂)Cu₆Te₄S₁₃	5	3.8	3	2882,2883,2884	72
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	5	3.8	1	2882	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5	3.8	1	2882	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	5	3.8	2	2882,2883	804
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	5	3.8	1	2882	142
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5	3.8	1	2882	5591
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	5	3.8	3	2882,2883,2884	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5	3.8	1	2882	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5	3.8	1	2882	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5	3.8	3	2879,2881,2882	5674
Mawsonite ()*	None	Cu₆Fe₂SnS₈	5	3.8	1	2882	92
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂			2	2879,2881	300
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5	3.8	1	2882	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	3.8	4	2879,2880,2881,2882	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs			2	2879,2881	633
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃			2	2879,2881	176
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	5	3.8	3	2879,2881,2882	249
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	5	3.8	4	2879,2881,2882,2883	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃			2	2879,2881	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			2	2879,2881	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	3.8	5	2879,2881,2882,2883,2884	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	5	3.8	1	2882	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	5	3.8	1	2882	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	3.8	5	2879,2880,2881,2882,2883	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂			2	2879,2881	233
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			3	2879,2880,2881	1711
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂			2	2879,2881	317
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			3	2879,2880,2881	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5	3.8	3	2879,2881,2883	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃			1	2881	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	3.8	3	2879,2881,2882	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	5	3.8	1	2882	668
Stannoidite ()*	Stannoidite	Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂	5	3.8	1	2882	80
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄			2	2879,2881	586
Stützite ()*	None	Ag_5-xTe₃ (x = 0.24-0.36)	5	3.8	2	2882,2883	92
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	5	3.8	1	2882	105
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	5	3.8	2	2882,2883	337
Tellurium ()*	None	Te			2	2879,2881	190
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	5	3.8	3	2882,2883,2884	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5	3.8	2	2882,2883	5317
Uytenbogaardtite ()*	Uytenbogaardtite	Ag₃AuS₂	5	3.8	1	2882	46
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	5	3.8	1	2882	297
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS			2	2879,2881	372
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	5	3.8	1	2882	86

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-00065	5	3.8	5–3.8									Alunite, Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Famatinite, Gold, Goldfieldite, Hematite, Idaite, Luzonite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Svanbergite, Sylvanite, Zunyite	Cu	23362	Nevados De Famatina Cu-Au Deposit (La Estrechura), Chilecito, Chilecito Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina	Nevados de Famatina	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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