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:
San Martín, San Martín Department, San Luis Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 390
Youngest recorded age at locality: 376

mindat Locality ID: 281333
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281333.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Martín, San Martín Department, San Luis Province, Argentina": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Las Cuevas Pegmatite
Los Cerrillos

Latitude: 32°23'8"S
Longitude: 65°42'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.385555555556,-65.706944444444

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.

Columbite	None	Phenakite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Scheelite	Triplite

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 Ca F Fe H Li Mn O P Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Columbite None Phenakite Pyroxene Quartz Scheelite Triplite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Quartz ()*	Sanmartinite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Spodumene ()*	Triplite ()*
Willemite ()*

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
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	3541	61156
Sanmartinite ()*	Columbite	Zn(WO₄)			1	3541	4
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	3541	4894
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	390	376	1	3540	688
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	390	376	1	3540	233
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄			1	3541	303

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
	Bradley_2012_145	390	376	383±7	Ar/Ar			muscovite				Muscovite			209006	Las Cuevas Pegmatite, San Martín, San Martín Department, San Luis Province, Argentina	Las Cuevas	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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