Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Cerro Negro District, Chilecito, Chilecito Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 229521
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229521.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cerro Negro District, Chilecito, Chilecito Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
La Viuda Mine
Peregrina Mine

Latitude: 29°4'1"S
Longitude: 67°42'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.066944444444,-67.71

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	Argyrodite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Digenite	Löllingite
Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Perovskite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Skutterudite
Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Altaite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Argyrodite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Freibergite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Marcasite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nickeline ()*	Nickelskutterudite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Safflorite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stephanite ()*	Tellurium ()*	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 Co Cu Fe Ge H K Mn Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Argyrodite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Digenite Löllingite
Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Perovskite Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Skutterudite
Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	2881	2793
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1	2881	489
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	2881	3092
Argyrodite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈GeS₆	1	2881	62
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	2881	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	2881	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	2881	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	2881	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	2881	1027
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	2881	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	2881	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	2881	30554
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	2881	5674
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	1	2881	300
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	2880,2881	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	2881	633
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃	1	2881	176
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	1	2881	249
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	2881	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	2881	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	2881	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	2881	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	2880,2881	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	1	2881	233
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2	2880,2881	1711
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	1	2881	317
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	2880,2881	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	2881	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	1	2881	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	2881	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	2881	586
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	1	2881	190
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	1	2881	372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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