Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pingüino Deposit (Cerro León), Tres Cerros, Deseado Massif, Deseado Department, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 228196
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228196.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pingüino Deposit (Cerro León), Tres Cerros, Deseado Massif, Deseado Department, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Ivonne Vein
Marta Centro Vein
Marta Norte Vein

Latitude: 48°4'"S
Longitude: 68°41'60"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -48.066666666667,-68.7

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	Alunite	Aramayoite	Arsenopyrite	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite
Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Enargite	Epidote	Kaolinite	Kobellite	Lillianite	Mica	Nickeline
None	Owyheeite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stannite	Tetrahedrite
Wollastonite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Aramayoite ()*	Argentotennantite-(Zn) ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dickite ()*	Enargite ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferrokësterite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Giessenite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hübnerite ()*
Izoklakeite ()*	Kalinite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kësterite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nacrite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Ourayite ()*	Owyheeite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*
Plumbonacrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wollastonite ()*
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 Bi C Ca Cd Cu Fe H K Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Aramayoite Arsenopyrite Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite
Copper Corundum Diaspore Enargite Epidote Kaolinite Kobellite Lillianite Mica Nickeline
None Owyheeite Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stannite Tetrahedrite
Wollastonite Wurtzite

41 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	0		2793
Aramayoite ()*	Aramayoite	Ag₃Sb₂(Bi,Sb)S₆	0		29
Argentotennantite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆(Cu₄Zn₂)As₄S₁₃	0		14
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	3555	9052
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	0		1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	3555	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	3555,3556	27198
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		651
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	3556	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Ferrokësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	2	3555,3556	13
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	3556	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	3555,3556	24243
Giessenite ()*	Kobellite	(Cu,Fe)₂Pb_26.4(Bi,Sb)_19.6S₅₇	0		18
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	3555	717
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	1	3555	469
Izoklakeite ()*	Kobellite	Pb_26.4(Cu,Fe)₂(Sb,Bi)_19.6S₅₇	0		25
Kalinite ()*	None	KAl(SO₄)₂·11H₂O	0		54
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Kësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂ZnSnS₄	0		82
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Nacrite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		112
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		128
Ourayite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₃Pb₄Bi₅S₁₃	0		24
Owyheeite ()*	Owyheeite	Ag₃Pb₁₀Sb₁₁S₂₈	0		89
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		477
Plumbonacrite ()*	None	Pb₅(CO₃)₃O(OH)₂	0		13
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	3555,3556	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	0		969
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	0		5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	3555,3556	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	3555	668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	0		5317
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	0		1247
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	0		372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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