Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
La Valenciana Mine, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 29
Youngest recorded age at locality: 29

mindat Locality ID: 65286
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-65286.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Valenciana Mine, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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

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.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000732Uranium of the Huemul Mine is primarily found as lenticular Cu-U-V deposits hosted by the Huemul Member of the Diamante formation. Orehosting facies are grey fluvial sandstones and conglomerates filling anastomosing paleochannels incised into pink pelitic beds.


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
Giersdorf_00000732292929 The suspected source for the Uranium in the area is Permo-Triassic felsic volcanics which were leached from the source rocks in the Mesozoic and early Tertiary periods as a result of denudation.uraninite  YesUraniniteUraniniteU51086Huemul Mine, Pampa Amarilla District, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province, ArgentinaHuemul MineDahlkamp (2010)10.1007/2F978-3-540-78943-7UDW_427Uranium is accompanied by Cu mineralization, which predates the U mineralization.


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