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Locality Name:
Agua Rica Mine (Mi Vida Prospect), Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5

mindat Locality ID: 28448
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28448.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Agua Rica Mine (Mi Vida Prospect), Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 27°22'15"S
Longitude: 66°16'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.370833333333,-66.28

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Germanite	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Marcasite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Andalusite ()*
Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Colusite ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Diaspore ()*
Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kuramite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Svanbergite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Woodhouseite ()*	Zunyite ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ti V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Andalusite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Enargite Epidote Feldspar Germanite Gypsum Kaolinite
Marcasite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

45 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	6	5	3419
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	6	5	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	6	5	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	6	5	966
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	6	5	1310
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	6	5	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	6	5	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	6	5	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	6	5	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	5	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	6	5	1025
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	6	5	110
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	6	5	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	6	5	4165
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	6	5	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	6	5	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	6	5	1027
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	6	5	246
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	6	5	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	6	5	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	5	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	5	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6	5	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	6	5	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	6	5	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	6	5	5591
Kuramite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SnS₄	6	5	12
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	6	5	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	6	5	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	6	5	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	6	5	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	5	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	6	5	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	6	5	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	5	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	6	5	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	6	5	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	5	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	6	5	2045
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	6	5	105
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	6	5	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	6	5	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	6	5	2562
Woodhouseite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	6	5	62
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	6	5	86

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-00082	6	5	6–5									Actinolite, Alunite, Andalusite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Corundum, Covellite, Enargite, Galena, Jarosite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Rhodochrosite, Rutile, Sphalerite, Zunyite	Cu	28448	Agua Rica Mine (Mi Vida Prospect), Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina	Agua Rica	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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