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:
Juramento, Metán Department, Salta Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 90
Youngest recorded age at locality: 90

mindat Locality ID: 284285
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-284285.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Juramento, Metán Department, Salta Province, Argentina": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Juramento Deposit

Latitude: 25°12'59"S
Longitude: 65°6'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.216388888889,-65.116388888889

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Gypsum	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

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: C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Gypsum None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Gypsum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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	90	90	1	3360	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	90	90	1	3360	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	90	90	1	3360	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	90	90	1	3360	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	90	90	1	3360	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	90	90	1	3360	6890
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	90	90	1	3360	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	90	90	1	3360	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	90	90	1	3360	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	90	90	1	3360	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
	sedcu-00020	90	90	U.Cretaceous										Cu	158908	Juramento Deposit, Juramento, Metán Department, Salta Province, Argentina	Juaramento	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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