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Locality Name:
Tumiñico Mine, Sierra De Cacho, Villa Castelli, General Lamadrid Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 9382
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9382.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tumiñico Mine, Sierra De Cacho, Villa Castelli, General Lamadrid Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 28°49'56"S
Longitude: 68°37'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.832222222222,-68.633055555556

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.

Bukovite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Connellite	Corundum	Covellite	Fluorite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Bellidoite ()*	Berzelianite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brodtkorbite ()*	Bukovite ()*
Cadmoselite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcomenite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chaméanite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Connellite ()*	Covellite ()*	Crookesite ()*
Eskebornite ()*	Eucairite ()*	Ferroselite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hakite-(Hg) ()*
Hematite ()*	Klockmannite ()*	Krut'aite ()*	Luanheite ()*	Malachite ()*
Naumannite ()*	Schmiederite ()*	Tiemannite ()*	Trogtalite ()*	Tyrrellite ()*
Umangite ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 As C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg Ni O Pb S Sb Se Tl U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg Ni O Pb S Sb Se Tl U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Bukovite Calcite Chalcopyrite Connellite Corundum Covellite Fluorite Linarite Malachite Marcasite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bellidoite ()*	None	Cu₂Se	23	2.6	6
Berzelianite ()*	None	Cu_2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)	23	2.6	66
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	23	2.6	5516
Brodtkorbite ()*	None	Cu₂HgSe₂	23	2.6	2
Bukovite ()*	Bukovite	Cu₄Tl₂Se₄	23	2.6	11
Cadmoselite ()*	Wurtzite	CdSe	23	2.6	4
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	23	2.6	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	23	2.6	5707
Chalcomenite ()*	None	Cu(Se⁴⁺O₃)·2H₂O	23	2.6	40
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	23	2.6	27198
Chaméanite ()*	None	(Cu,Fe)₄As(Se,S)₄	23	2.6	4
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	23	2.6	281
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	23	2.6	295
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	23	2.6	4165
Crookesite ()*	None	Cu₇TlSe₄	23	2.6	14
Eskebornite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeSe₂	23	2.6	26
Eucairite ()*	None	CuAgSe	23	2.6	54
Ferroselite ()*	Marcasite	FeSe₂	23	2.6	51
Graphite ()*	None	C	23	2.6	2812
Hakite-(Hg) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Hg₂)Sb₄Se₁₃	23	2.6	12
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	23	2.6	14640
Klockmannite ()*	Covellite	Cu_5.2Se₆	23	2.6	63
Krut'aite ()*	Pyrite	CuSe₂	23	2.6	12
Luanheite ()*	None	Ag₃Hg	23	2.6	17
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	23	2.6	12537
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	23	2.6	192
Schmiederite ()*	Linarite	Cu₂Pb₂(Se⁴⁺O₃)(Se⁶⁺O₄)(OH)₄	23	2.6	13
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe	23	2.6	83
Trogtalite ()*	Pyrite	CoSe₂	23	2.6	10
Tyrrellite ()*	Spinel	Cu(Co,Ni)₂Se₄	23	2.6	17
Umangite ()*	None	Cu₃Se₂	23	2.6	71
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	23	2.6	2718

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
	Hg-00050	23	2.6		fault age								Brodtkorbite, Luanheite, Tiemannite	Hg	9382	Tumiñico Mine, Sierra De Cacho, Villa Castelli, General Lamadrid Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina		Paar et al. (2002; 2005); de Brodtkorb (2009)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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