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Locality Name:
Coronel Pringles Department, San Luis Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 488
Youngest recorded age at locality: 374

mindat Locality ID: 37323
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37323.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Coronel Pringles Department, San Luis Province, Argentina": 37
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Cañada Honda
Carolina
El Trapiche
Inti Huasi
La Empleada Pegmatite
La Toma
Las Palomas Quarry
Los Aleros Pegmatite
Pampa Del Tamboreo
Río Quinto Deposit
San Salvador Pegmatite
Sierra De San Luis
Sololosta Mountain
Totoral Pegmatitic Field

Latitude: 32°56'32"S
Longitude: 66°'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.942222222222,-66

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.

Alluaudite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arseniosiderite	Arsenopyrite	Arthurite
Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Childrenite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Columbite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Digenite	Dufrénite	Dumortierite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Garnet	Graftonite	Hureaulite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melonite	Meta-autunite	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Phosphosiderite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Reddingite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Strunzite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline
Triplite	Ullmannite	Valleriite	Vivianite	Wurtzite	Zircon

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 B Be Bi C Ca Cl Co Cr Cs Cu F Fe H Ir K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb Pd Pt Rh S Sb Si Sr Ta Te Th Ti U W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alluaudite Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arseniosiderite Arsenopyrite Arthurite
Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Childrenite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Columbite Copper
Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Digenite Dufrénite Dumortierite Enargite Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Garnet Graftonite Hureaulite Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Melonite Meta-autunite Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Phosphosiderite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Reddingite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Strunzite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Tourmaline
Triplite Ullmannite Valleriite Vivianite Wurtzite Zircon

111 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Altaite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bermanite ()*	Beryl ()*
Beusite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Digenite ()*	Dravite ()*	Dufrénite ()*	Dumortierite ()*	Elbaite ()*
Enargite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Eosphorite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferrisicklerite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Graftonite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Hollingworthite ()*
Holmquistite ()*	Holtite ()*	Hureaulite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Irarsite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Lithiophilite ()*	Mackinawite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melonite ()*	Merenskyite ()*
Meta-autunite ()*	Michenerite ()*	Microcline ()*	Mitridatite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Moncheite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Oxy-dravite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Phosphosiderite ()*	Pollucite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Qingheiite ()*
Quartz ()*	Reddingite ()*	Rossmanite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Schorl ()*	Sicklerite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Spodumene ()*	Strengite ()*	Strunzite ()*	Sylvanite ()*
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Thorite ()*	Triphylite ()*	Triplite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Valleriite ()*
Violarite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Wurtzite ()*	Zavalíaite ()*	Zhanghuifenite ()*
Zircon ()*

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	488	374	10	3474,3480,3486,3489,3495,3503,3505,3506,3507,3509	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			3	3476,3488,3501	2353
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	460	374	1	3481	489
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	460	374	1	3481	1036
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	460	374	1	3481	718
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			3	3492,3493,3494	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	460	374	2	3478,3481	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			3	3474,3475,3482	5509
Bermanite ()*	Arthurite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·4H₂O	488	438	1	3505	55
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	460	460	6	3480,3486,3489,3495,3503,3508	4286
Beusite ()*	Graftonite	Mn²⁺Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)₂			3	3496,3499,3509	39
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	3503	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	460	374	3	3474,3475,3481	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			5	3475,3491,3492,3493,3494	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			3	3492,3493,3494	1252
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	3482	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	460	374	4	3474,3475,3478,3481	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	460	374	1	3481	3902
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	376	374	1	3486	321
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	460	374	1	3481	966
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆			1	3503	518
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	460	460	2	3486,3503	289
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	3473	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	460	374	2	3474,3481	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	460	374	1	3481	802
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	3474	1027
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	460	460	2	3486,3497	648
Dufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	Ca_0.5Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O	488	438	1	3505	139
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	376	374	1	3486	231
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	460	460	1	3486	520
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄			1	3474	910
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	460	374	1	3481	944
Eosphorite ()*	Childrenite	Mn²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	3509	128
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			3	3475,3476,3501	8173
Ferrisicklerite ()*	Olivine	Li_1-x(Fe³⁺,Mn²⁺)(PO₄)	488	438	2	3505,3508	108
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	488	438	3	3486,3503,3505	2740
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	460	460	1	3486	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			3	3473,3476,3478	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	462	438	6	3473,3474,3475,3481,3482,3507	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	460	374	6	3473,3474,3476,3477,3481,3498	30554
Graftonite ()*	Graftonite	Fe²⁺Fe²⁺₂(PO₄)₂			1	3508	107
Graphite ()*	None	C	460	374	2	3476,3481	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			5	3473,3474,3475,3476,3488	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			1	3478	804
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	460	374	1	3481	119
Holmquistite ()*	Amphibole	Li₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	460	374	1	3486	42
Holtite ()*	Dumortierite	(Ta_0.6 _0.4)Al₆BSi₃O₁₈	376	374	1	3486	6
Hureaulite ()*	Hureaulite	Mn²⁺₅(PO₃OH)₂(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	488	438	3	3505,3508,3509	125
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	488	438	2	3505,3508	367
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	460	374	2	3474,3481	5433
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	460	374	1	3481	154
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	3474	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	376	374	2	3476,3486	1507
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	462	438	5	3489,3496,3505,3507,3509	155
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	460	374	1	3481	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	460	374	5	3473,3474,3475,3476,3481	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			3	3474,3475,3482	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	460	374	2	3478,3481	5674
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	460	374	1	3481	207
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	460	374	1	3481	155
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O			1	3508	388
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	460	374	1	3481	114
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			3	3495,3496,3503	4924
Mitridatite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(PO₄)₃·3H₂O	488	438	1	3505	129
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	460	374	1	3481	5800
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	460	374	1	3481	133
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	488	374	17	3474,3475,3476,3478,3480,3486,3488,3489,3495,3496,3501,3503,3505,3506,3507,3508,3509	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	462	438	1	3507	2994
Oxy-dravite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al₂Mg)(Al₅Mg)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O			1	3497	24
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	460	374	1	3481	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	460	374	1	3481	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	460	374	1	3481	2273
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O			1	3508	182
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	460	460	1	3486	140
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	3478	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	462	374	7	3474,3475,3476,3478,3479,3481,3507	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	462	438	1	3507	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	3473	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	460	374	3	3474,3478,3481	9056
Qingheiite ()*	None	NaNaMn(MgAl)(PO₄)₃			1	3509	3
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	488	438	16	3473,3474,3475,3476,3480,3486,3488,3489,3495,3496,3503,3505,3506,3507,3508,3509	61156
Reddingite ()*	Reddingite	Mn²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·3H₂O			1	3508	24
Rossmanite ()*	Tourmaline	(Al₂Li)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	460	460	1	3486	37
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	460	374	4	3474,3481,3486,3503	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			2	3479,3498	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	460	374	4	3476,3480,3486,3495	2705
Sicklerite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)			1	3509	66
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	460	374	1	3481	337
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	3503	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	3478	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	460	374	1	3481	1934
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	488	438	4	3503,3505,3506,3507	688
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O			1	3508	263
Strunzite ()*	Strunzite	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·6H₂O	488	438	1	3505	98
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄			1	3478	337
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆			1	3503	99
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	462	374	2	3486,3507	211
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	460	374	1	3481	276
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	3474	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	3478	5317
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	460	374	1	3486	1006
Triphylite ()*	Olivine	LiFe²⁺(PO₄)	462	438	2	3505,3507	313
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F			2	3496,3508	233
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	460	374	1	3486	2718
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	460	374	1	3481	237
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	460	374	1	3481	380
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	3508	636
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS			1	3478	372
Zavalíaite ()*	None	Mn²⁺₃(PO₄)₂			1	3489	1
Zhanghuifenite ()*	Alluaudite	Na₃Mn²⁺₄Mg₂Al(PO₄)₆			1	3509	1
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	460	460	1	3486	5251

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Alexandra-0376	460	460	460	U–Pb	Age of pegmatite	zircon	Zircon	Beryl, Dravite, Elbaite, Fluorapatite, Gahnite, Columbite-(Mn), Tantalite-(Mn), Muscovite, Pollucite, Quartz, Rossmanite, Rutile, Schorl	251763	Virorco Pegmatites, Las Águilas Deposit, El Trapiche, Coronel Pringles Department, San Luis Province, Argentina	Virorco	Galliski et al. (2012)	10.3749/canmin.50.4.873	CM50_873
Alexandra-0377	376	374	375±1	Ar–Ar	Age of metamorphism	muscovite	Muscovite	Chrysoberyl, Dumortierite, Holtite, Kyanite, Tantalite-(Mn), Muscovite, Rutile, Schorl, Sillimanite, Staurolite	251763	Virorco Pegmatites, Las Águilas Deposit, El Trapiche, Coronel Pringles Department, San Luis Province, Argentina	Virorco	Galliski et al. (2012)	10.3749/canmin.50.4.873	CM50_873	A tectonically active setting for the San Luis Range after the supposed emplacement of the dumortierite-bearing pegmatites is documented by the Ar–Ar age of muscovite from a sheared kyanite – staurolite – muscovite ± sillimanite pegmatite located 24 km to the north of Virorco, dated at 375±1 Ma (Sims et al. 1998).
Bradley_2012_162	488	464	476±12	U/Pb		columbite, tantalite			11465	San Luis Mine, La Florida, Totoral Pegmatitic Field, Coronel Pringles Department, San Luis Province, Argentina	La Totora	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183
Bradley_2012_163	462	438	450±12	U/Pb		columbite, tantalite			258221	San Luis II Mine, San Luis Mine, La Florida, Totoral Pegmatitic Field, Coronel Pringles Department, San Luis Province, Argentina	San Luis II	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R141027	Santa Ana Pegmatite, Totoral Pegmatitic Field, Coronel Pringles Department, San Luis Province, Argentina	https://rruff.info/R141027
R160030	Santa Ana Pegmatite, Totoral Pegmatitic Field, Coronel Pringles Department, San Luis Province, Argentina	https://rruff.info/R160030

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