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Locality Name:
El Criollo Mine, Cerro Blanco Pegmatite District, Tanti, Punilla Department, Córdoba Province, Argentina


mindat Locality ID: 10242
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10242.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "El Criollo Mine, Cerro Blanco Pegmatite District, Tanti, Punilla Department, Córdoba Province, Argentina": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°21'28"S
Longitude: 64°39'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.357777777778,-64.6525

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ba Be Bi Br C Ca Cu F Fe H I K Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Te Ti U V Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ba Be Bi Br C Ca Cu F Fe H I K Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Te Ti U V Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousAndalusiteApatiteArthuriteAutuniteBaryteBerylBrochantiteCalcite
Cancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteChildreniteClayColumbiteCorundumCovelliteCristobaliteDescloiziteDiaspore
DigeniteDufréniteFairfielditeFeldsparFluoriteGarnetLazuliteLipscombiteMalachiteMeta-autunite
MicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPaulkerritePhosphosideritePyriteQuartzRockbridgeiteRocksalt
RutileSchoepiteSodaliteSpinelStibniteTetradymiteTripliteWurtziteZircon

63 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Benyacarite  (*)Bermanite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Covellite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)Eosphorite  (*)Fairfieldite  (*)Fluellite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Genthelvite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hentschelite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Libethenite  (*)
Lipscombite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Opal  (*)
Pachnolite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rutile  (*)Schoepite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Strengite  (*)
Tetradymite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Triplite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)Variscite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O01272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Benyacarite  (*)Paulkerrite(H2O)2Mn2Ti2Fe3+(PO4)4(OF)(H2O)10·4H2O08
Bermanite  (*)ArthuriteMn2+Mn3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O055
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)20606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr0227
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O01184
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O60518
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO20453
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O0139
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O0128
Fairfieldite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mn2+(PO4)2·2H2O072
Fluellite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)F2(OH)·7H2O040
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Genthelvite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteBe3Zn4(SiO4)3S060
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hentschelite  (*)LazuliteCuFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2020
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI0180
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)0234
Lipscombite  (*)LipscombiteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2047
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O0388
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O0443
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)0362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)60254
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Pachnolite  (*)NoneNaCaAlF6·H2O018
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O0182
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)40369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)50206
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Schoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)4O(OH)6(H2O)6094
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)301214
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O0263
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S0510
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O01059
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F0233
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O0628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O0890
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O0301
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R130130El Criollo Mine, Cerro Blanco Pegmatite District, Tanti, Punilla Department, Córdoba Province, Argentinahttps://rruff.info/R130130


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