Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bordon Lode, Capillitas Mining District, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina

Oldest recorded age at locality: 9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 7

mindat Locality ID: 203938
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203938.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bordon Lode, Capillitas Mining District, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca 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

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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Bournonite	Chalcopyrite	Copiapite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Enargite	Epsomite
Geocronite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Metavoltine	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Voltaite	Wurtzite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Enargite ()*	Ferricopiapite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Goslarite ()*	Greigite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jordanite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Metavoltine ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Voltaite ()*	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: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Bournonite Chalcopyrite Copiapite Copper Corundum Covellite Enargite Epsomite
Geocronite Gypsum Halotrichite Marcasite Melanterite Metavoltine Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Voltaite Wurtzite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9	7	9052
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	9	7	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	9	7	1089
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	9	7	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	9	7	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	9	7	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	9	7	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	9	7	2970
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	9	7	910
Ferricopiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe³⁺_0.67Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	9	7	41
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	9	7	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	9	7	30554
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	9	7	188
Greigite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂S₄	9	7	62
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	9	7	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	9	7	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	9	7	14640
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	9	7	105
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	9	7	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	9	7	915
Metavoltine ()*	Metavoltine	K₂Na₆Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₆O₂(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	9	7	78
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	9	7	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9	7	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	9	7	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	9	7	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	9	7	1803
Voltaite ()*	Voltaite	K₂Fe²⁺₅Fe³⁺₃Al(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	9	7	111
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	9	7	372

2 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
	Kaitlynn000007	9	7	7-9	K-Ar	age of sulphide		galena	JC-103		Yes	Galena			42	Capillitas Mining District, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina	Capillitas	Tilton et al. (1981)	10.1130/MEM154-p791	MGSA154_791
	Kaitlynn000008	9	7	7-9	K-Ar	age of sulphide		galena	JC-104		Yes	Galena			42	Capillitas Mining District, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina	Capillitas	Tilton et al. (1981)	10.1130/MEM154-p791	MGSA154_791

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