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:
Angualasto, Iglesia Department, San Juan Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 261
Youngest recorded age at locality: 261

mindat Locality ID: 282716
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-282716.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Angualasto, Iglesia Department, San Juan Province, Argentina": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Carrizal Cu Deposit

Latitude: 30°'"S
Longitude: 69°10'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30,-69.166666666667

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.

Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Sphalerite
Spinel

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 As Au Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Sphalerite
Spinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	261	261	1	3406	9052
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	261	261	1	3406	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	261	261	1	3406	27198
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	261	261	1	3406	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	261	261	1	3406	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	261	261	1	3406	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	261	261	1	3406	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	261	261	1	3406	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	261	261	1	3406	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	261	261	1	3406	21482

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-00307	261	261	261									Arsenopyrite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite	Cu	205930	Carrizal Cu Deposit, Angualasto, Iglesia Department, San Juan Province, Argentina	Carrizal	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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