Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Los Llantenes Mining District, Vinchina Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 205
Youngest recorded age at locality: 205

mindat Locality ID: 5816
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5816.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Los Llantenes Mining District, Vinchina Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
El Cóndor Mine
El Portezuelo Mine
Mina San Pedro

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Connellite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Lepidocrocite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spangolite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	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 C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Connellite Copper Corundum
Covellite Diaspore Digenite Enargite Lepidocrocite Linarite Malachite Marcasite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Spangolite Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

52 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Berzelianite ()*
Bindheimite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcomenite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clausthalite ()*
Connellite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Enargite ()*
Eskebornite ()*	Eucairite ()*	Ferroselite ()*	Fischesserite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Greigite ()*	Hematite ()*	Klockmannite ()*
Krut'aite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Linarite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Llantenesite ()*
Malachite ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Molybdomenite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Paratacamite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ramaccioniite ()*	Schmiederite ()*	Selenium ()*
Silver ()*	Stilleite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tiemannite ()*	Trogtalite ()*
Tyrrellite ()*	Umangite ()*

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	205	205	0		2793
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	205	205	0		544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	205	205	0		5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	205	205	0		11547
Berzelianite ()*	None	Cu_2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)	205	205	0		66
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	205	205	0		450
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	205	205	0		5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	205	205	0		1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	205	205	0		27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	205	205	0		359
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	205	205	0		5707
Chalcomenite ()*	None	Cu(Se⁴⁺O₃)·2H₂O	205	205	1	2966	40
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	205	205	0		27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	205	205	0		2600
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	205	205	1	2966	281
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	205	205	0		295
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	205	205	0		4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	205	205	0		2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	205	205	0		1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	205	205	0		910
Eskebornite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeSe₂	205	205	0		26
Eucairite ()*	None	CuAgSe	205	205	0		54
Ferroselite ()*	Marcasite	FeSe₂	205	205	0		51
Fischesserite ()*	None	Ag₃AuSe₂	205	205	0		24
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	205	205	0		24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	205	205	0		7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	205	205	0		30554
Greigite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂S₄	205	205	0		62
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	205	205	0		14640
Klockmannite ()*	Covellite	Cu_5.2Se₆	205	205	0		63
Krut'aite ()*	Pyrite	CuSe₂	205	205	0		12
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	205	205	0		581
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	205	205	0		987
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	205	205	0		249
Llantenesite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al[SeO₄](OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O	205	205	1	2968	1
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	205	205	0		12537
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	205	205	0		255
Molybdomenite ()*	None	PbSe⁴⁺O₃	205	205	1	2966	15
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	205	205	0		192
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	205	205	0		158
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	205	205	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	205	205	0		61156
Ramaccioniite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄[SeO₄](OH)₆	205	205	1	2968	1
Schmiederite ()*	Linarite	Cu₂Pb₂(Se⁴⁺O₃)(Se⁶⁺O₄)(OH)₄	205	205	1	2966	13
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	205	205	0		143
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	205	205	0		5186
Stilleite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnSe	205	205	0		7
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	205	205	0		5317
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe	205	205	0		83
Trogtalite ()*	Pyrite	CoSe₂	205	205	0		10
Tyrrellite ()*	Spinel	Cu(Co,Ni)₂Se₄	205	205	0		17
Umangite ()*	None	Cu₃Se₂	205	205	1	2966	71

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
	Emily000540	205	205			mineralization									5816	Los Llantenes Mining District, Vinchina Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina	Carrizal	Rubistein et al. (2006)		BGM117_379

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R100089	El Cóndor Mine, Los Llantenes Mining District, Vinchina Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina	https://rruff.info/R100089

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