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Locality Name:
Mellao Morales, Loncopué, Loncopué Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 74
Youngest recorded age at locality: 74

mindat Locality ID: 278176
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278176.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mellao Morales, Loncopué, Loncopué Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Campana Mahuida Cu Deposit

Latitude: 38°15'"S
Longitude: 70°34'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -38.25,-70.583055555556

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEpidote
MicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteSmectite-vermiculiteTetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Covellite  (*)Delafossite  (*)Epidote  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS47474131535516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)74741315327770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S7474131535707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS274741315327198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O7474131533531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS7474131534165
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2747413153144
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)7474131538173
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)7474131537437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O374741315314640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)67474131532228
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS27474131535800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O7474131531508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)274741315317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS274741315339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S87474131539056
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO7474131531101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S137474131535317



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
PorphCu-00196747474      Bornite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Delafossite, Epidote, Jarosite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, TenoriteCu155867Campana Mahuida Cu Deposit, Mellao Morales, Loncopué, Loncopué Department, Neuquén Province, ArgentinaCampana MahuidaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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