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Locality Name:
Las Coloradas, Catán Lil Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 281
Youngest recorded age at locality: 281

mindat Locality ID: 292845
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-292845.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Las Coloradas, Catán Lil Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sierra De Cachil

Latitude: 39°10'58"S
Longitude: 70°38'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -39.182777777778,-70.633333333333

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: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumCovelliteEpidoteMicaMolybdenite
NonePyriteQuartzSphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Epidote  (*)Hematite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS281281131109052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4281281131105516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2812811311027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S281281131105707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22812811311027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS281281131104165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)281281131108173
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32812811311014640
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2281281131105800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22812811311017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22812811311039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22812811311061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2812811311021482



1 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
PorphCu-00221281281281      Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Epidote, Hematite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, SphaleriteCu192115La Voluntad, Sierra De Cachil, Las Coloradas, Catán Lil Department, Neuquén Province, ArgentinaLa VoluntadSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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