Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Peregrina Mine, Cerro Negro District, Chilecito, Chilecito Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 23408
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23408.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Peregrina Mine, Cerro Negro District, Chilecito, Chilecito Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 29°4'1"S
Longitude: 67°42'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.066944444444,-67.710277777778

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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe Ge H K Mg Mn Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

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 localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	489
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Argyrodite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈GeS₆	62
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1027
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	300
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	633
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃	176
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	249
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	233
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	317
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	586
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	190
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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