Mineral Evolution Database

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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

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Smectite-vermiculite	Tetrahedrite

Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Covellite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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:
Allophane Alunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Smectite-vermiculite Tetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	74	74	1	3153	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	74	74	1	3153	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	74	74	1	3153	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	74	74	1	3153	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	74	74	1	3153	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	74	74	1	3153	4165
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	74	74	1	3153	144
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	74	74	1	3153	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	74	74	1	3153	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	74	74	1	3153	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	74	74	1	3153	2228
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	74	74	1	3153	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	74	74	1	3153	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	74	74	1	3153	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	74	74	1	3153	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	74	74	1	3153	9056
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	74	74	1	3153	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	74	74	1	3153	5317

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-00196	74	74	74									Bornite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Delafossite, Epidote, Jarosite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Tenorite	Cu	155867	Campana Mahuida Cu Deposit, Mellao Morales, Loncopué, Loncopué Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina	Campana Mahuida	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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