Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Payún Volcano, Altiplano De Payún Matru, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina

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

mindat Locality ID: 7958
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7958.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Payún Volcano, Altiplano De Payún Matru, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°30'"S
Longitude: 69°18'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.5,-69.3

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.

Amorphous	Apatite	Baryte	Corundum	Cristobalite	None	Pyroxene	Scheelite	Spinel

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: Ca F Fe H Mo Na O P Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca F Fe H Mo Na O P Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Apatite Baryte Corundum Cristobalite None Pyroxene Scheelite Spinel

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Anglesite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Opal ()*	Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	29	29	1022
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	29	29	2734
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	29	29	453
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	29	29	2740
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	29	29	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	29	29	14899
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	29	29	2994
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	29	29	1655

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000732	Uranium 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 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
	Giersdorf_00000732	29	29	29		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			Yes	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	51086	Huemul Mine, Pampa Amarilla District, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina	Huemul Mine	Dahlkamp (2010)	10.1007/2F978-3-540-78943-7	UDW_427	Uranium is accompanied by Cu mineralization, which predates the U mineralization.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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