Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bajo De La Alumbrera Mine, Agua De Dionisio Mining District (YMAD), Farallón Negro, Belén Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 8.16
Youngest recorded age at locality: 6.84

mindat Locality ID: 34975
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34975.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bajo De La Alumbrera Mine, Agua De Dionisio Mining District (YMAD), Farallón Negro, Belén Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 27°19'47"S
Longitude: 66°36'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.329722222222,-66.608888888889

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8.16	6.84	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	8.16	6.84	1588
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	8.16	6.84	5516
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	8.16	6.84	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	8.16	6.84	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	8.16	6.84	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	8.16	6.84	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	8.16	6.84	4165
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	8.16	6.84	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	8.16	6.84	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8.16	6.84	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	8.16	6.84	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	8.16	6.84	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	8.16	6.84	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	8.16	6.84	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	8.16	6.84	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	8.16	6.84	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	8.16	6.84	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	8.16	6.84	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	8.16	6.84	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	8.16	6.84	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	8.16	6.84	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8.16	6.84	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8.16	6.84	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	8.16	6.84	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	8.16	6.84	21482

2 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
	AJES44_373-00003	8	8	8										Au	34975	Bajo De La Alumbrera Mine, Agua De Dionisio Mining District (YMAD), Farallón Negro, Belén Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina	Bajo de La Alumbrera	Sillitoe (1997)	10.1080/08120099708728318	AJES44_373
	PorphCu-00093	8.16	6.84	8.02±0.14 to 6.75±0.09									Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Jarosite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Siderite, Sphalerite	Cu	34975	Bajo De La Alumbrera Mine, Agua De Dionisio Mining District (YMAD), Farallón Negro, Belén Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina	Bajo de la Alumbrera	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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