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Locality Name:
Ushuaia, Ushuaia Department, Tierra Del Fuego Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 170
Youngest recorded age at locality: 73

mindat Locality ID: 278784
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278784.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ushuaia, Ushuaia Department, Tierra Del Fuego Province, Argentina": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Arroyo Rojo And Sargent Prospects
Beatriz Mine

Latitude: 54°49'47"S
Longitude: 68°23'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -54.829722222222,-68.395833333333
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: Ag As Au Bi Co Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBournoniteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperLillianiteMarcasiteNickelineNonePyrite
RocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedrite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Lillianite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS170170136649052
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S37773136631935
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11777313663843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS37773136631089
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21707323663,366427198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS17017013664966
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1707323663,366424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu1701701366430554
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS6777313663128
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41701701366414899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2170170136645674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21707323663,366439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8170170136649056
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1707323663,366421482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131707323663,36645317


2 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
Bradley_2012_060777375±2U/Pb zircon  YesZircon  22995Tierra Del Fuego Province, Argentina[Rocas Verdes Basin]McCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
vms-00001170170Jurassic       S22987Beatriz Mine, Ushuaia, Ushuaia Department, Tierra Del Fuego Province, ArgentinaBeatrizMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 

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