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Locality Name:
Las Heras Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 270
Youngest recorded age at locality: 8.5

mindat Locality ID: 29355
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29355.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Las Heras Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Aconcagua Mountain
La Blanca Mine
La Esperanza Mine
Las Heras
Puente Del Inca
San Isidro District
San Pedro Nolasco Mine
Uspallata
Villavicencio

Latitude: 32°46'17"S
Longitude: 69°3'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.771388888889,-69.054444444444

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite
Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Epidote	Epsomite
Feldspar	Fluorite	Geocronite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H I K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti U V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Epidote Epsomite
Feldspar Fluorite Geocronite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

71 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Antigorite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Goslarite ()*	Gratonite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Iodargyrite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Jordanite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Mackinawite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schröckingerite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Tyuyamunite ()*	Ulvöspinel ()*	Uraninite ()*
Uranophane-α ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	19	8.5	1	2995	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	2993,2994	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	2993,2994	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	19	8.5	1	2995	2734
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	2993,2994	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	270	25	3	3000,3001,3002	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	2985	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	263	8.5	2	2995,3000	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	19	8.5	2	2995,3003	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	263	25	1	3000	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	263	25	1	3000	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	270	8.5	4	2997,2998,3000,3001	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	263	25	1	3000	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	270	8.5	9	2987,2988,2989,2990,2993,2994,2997,3000,3001	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	19	8.5	1	2995	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	270	8.5	3	2995,3000,3001	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	270	8.5	6	2985,2997,2998,3000,3001,3002	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	19	8.5	1	2995	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	263	25	2	2996,3000	3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	2993,2994	951
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	270	25	2	3000,3001	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	263	8.5	2	2995,3000	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	270	8.5	3	2998,3000,3002	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	270	8.5	3	2997,3000,3001	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	263	8.5	2	2997,3000	144
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	2985	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			2	2993,2994	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	270	8.5	3	2997,3000,3001	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	263	8.5	3	2998,2999,3000	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	263	8.5	2	2998,3000	30554
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	19	8.5	1	2995	188
Gratonite ()*	None	Pb₉As₄S₁₅			2	2995,2999	24
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	263	25	3	2987,2990,3000	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	19	8.5	3	2985,2997,2998	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	19	8.5	3	2985,2997,2998	5433
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	19	8.5	1	2995	180
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	19	8.5	1	2998	2228
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃			2	2995,2999	105
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	263	8.5	2	2998,3000	5591
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	270	8.5	4	2997,2998,3000,3002	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	19	8.5	3	2985,2997,2998	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	270	8.5	3	2998,3000,3001	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	263	8.5	2	2998,3000	5674
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	19	8.5	1	2995	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	270	8.5	4	2997,2998,3000,3001	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	19	8.5	1	2998	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	270	8.5	4	2997,2998,3000,3001	17380
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	263	25	1	3000	186
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	263	25	1	3000	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	2985	2273
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	19	8.5	1	2995	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	19	8.5	1	2995	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	270	8.5	6	2993,2994,2997,2998,3000,3001	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	19	8.5	1	2995	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	270	8.5	5	2997,2998,3000,3001,3002	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	263	25	8	2988,2989,2990,2993,2994,2995,2996,3000	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	263	25	1	3000	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	19	8.5	1	2998	4894
Schröckingerite ()*	None	NaCa₃(UO₂)(SO₄)(CO₃)₃F·10H₂O			4	2987,2988,2989,2990	128
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	19	8.5	1	2995	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	270	8.5	4	2998,2999,3000,3001	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	2985	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			2	2993,2994	3337
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	263	25	1	3000	276
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	263	25	1	3000	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	270	8.5	2	2995,3001	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	2993,2994	2562
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O			2	2988,2989	628
Ulvöspinel ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂TiO₄			1	2985	120
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			4	2987,2988,2989,2990	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O			4	2987,2988,2989,2990	890

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	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 ID
PorphCu-00427	19	8.5	19–8.5	Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Delafossite, Epidote, Ilmenite, Mackinawite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite	Cu	206321	Paramillos Norte Deposit, Paramillos De Uspallata, Uspallata, Las Heras Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina	Paramillos Norte	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00428	19	8.5	19–8.5	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Ilmenite, Jarosite, Mackinawite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Sphalerite	Cu	206322	Paramillos Sur Deposit, Paramillos De Uspallata, Uspallata, Las Heras Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina	Paramillos Sur	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00425	263	25	263–257	Arsenopyrite, Bismuth, Bismuthinite, Bornite, Brochantite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cubanite, Cuprite, Delafossite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Gypsum, Kaolinite, Mackinawite, Malachite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Sphalerite, Tenorite, Neotocite	Cu	206318	San Jorge Cu Deposit, Uspallata, Las Heras Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina	San Jorge	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00424	270	257	270–257	Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite	Cu	206317	Yalguaraz Cu Deposit, Uspallata, Las Heras Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina	Yalguaraz	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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