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Locality Name:
Punilla Department, Córdoba Province, Argentina


mindat Locality ID: 146941
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146941.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Punilla Department, Córdoba Province, Argentina": 44
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Capilla Del Monte
Charbonier
Cosquín
Gigante Pegmatite
La Cumbre
Pampa De Olaen
San Miguel Group
San Roque
Sierra De Córdoba
Tanti
Valle De Punilla
Valle Hermoso
Villa Carlos Paz

Latitude: 31°19'57"S
Longitude: 64°34'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.3325,-64.580833333333
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 Au B Ba Be Bi Br C Ca Ce Cl Cs Cu F Fe H I K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ta Te Ti U V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArthurite
AutuniteBaryteBerylBismutiteBrackebuschiteBrochantiteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcanthiteChalcopyrite
ChildreniteChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteCristobalite
DescloiziteDiasporeDigeniteDufréniteEpidoteFairfielditeFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsum
KaoliniteLazuliteLillianiteLipscombiteMalachiteMeta-autuniteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural group
PaulkerritePhosphosideritePhosphuranylitePyritePyrochloreQuartzRockbridgeiteRocksaltRutileScheelite
SchoepiteSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteTetradymiteTitaniteTopazTourmaline
TripliteVesuvianiteWarditeWollastoniteWurtziteZircon

129 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)
Antlerite  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Benyacarite  (*)
Bermanite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Boltwoodite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brackebuschite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Calderónite  (*)Carlhintzeite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Childrenite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Churchite-(Y)  (*)Clinobisvanite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Covellite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Cyrilovite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Dewindtite  (*)Digenite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)
Elbaite  (*)Eosphorite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fairfieldite  (*)Ferro-actinolite  (*)
Fluellite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)
Galliskiite  (*)Gayite  (*)Genthelvite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Grossular  (*)Gustavite  (*)Helvine  (*)Hematite  (*)Hendricksite  (*)
Hentschelite  (*)Hydroxykenomicrolite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kësterite  (*)Kettnerite  (*)Lacroixite  (*)Libethenite  (*)
Lillianite  (*)Lipscombite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Matildite  (*)
Meta-autunite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montebrasite  (*)
Morinite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nanpingite  (*)Natrodufrénite  (*)
Natrojarosite  (*)Opal  (*)Pachnolite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Pollucite  (*)
Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrope  (*)
Quartz  (*)Riebeckite  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Schoepite  (*)Schorl  (*)Sokolovaite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Strengite  (*)Sulvanite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Triplite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Vandendriesscheite  (*)Variscite  (*)Vauxite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)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)72447,2465,2473,2474,2476,2478,24798803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12447706
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)342465,2476,2479,24802353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO222473,24742162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3124551534
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)412473246
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O42465,2466,2470,24741272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)222473,24745509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1247411547
Benyacarite  (*)Paulkerrite(H2O)2Mn2Ti2Fe3+(PO4)4(OF)(H2O)10·4H2O124748
Bermanite  (*)ArthuriteMn2+Mn3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O32452,2473,247455
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)222474,2480606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1882444,2452,2465,2473,2474,2476,2479,24804286
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S332455,2458,24741935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)22455,2480716
Boltwoodite  (*)None(K,Na)(UO2)(SiO3OH)·1.5H2O1246567
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4124545516
Brackebuschite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Mn3+(VO4)2(OH)1246915
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6124741633
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr12474227
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)62446,2450,2451,2455,2474,248427770
Calderónite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Fe3+(VO4)2(OH)1246929
Carlhintzeite  (*)NoneCa2AlF7·H2O124528
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O32450,2451,24741184
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)22454,24694979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O12473925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S124745707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS242454,2458,2473,247427198
Childrenite  (*)ChildreniteFe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O1245293
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O22473,24793531
Churchite-(Y)  (*)GypsumY(PO4)·2H2O1247370
Clinobisvanite  (*)NoneBi(VO4)1248036
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)822444,24731756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)124601025
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O622452,2474518
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O612465289
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS32458,2473,24744165
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO212474453
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O1612473599
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O124742970
Cyrilovite  (*)WarditeNaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O1245260
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)32464,2469,2471378
Dewindtite  (*)PhosphuranyliteH2Pb3(UO2)6O4(PO4)4·12H2O1246582
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S22473,24741027
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O22473,2474139
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12465520
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O32452,2473,2474128
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)42442,2444,2448,24558173
Fairfieldite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mn2+(PO4)2·2H2O1247472
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)212455129
Fluellite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)F2(OH)·7H2O32452,2473,247440
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F82452,2465,2473,2474,2476,2478,2479,24802740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2102444,2446,2455,2457,2473,2474,2477,2480,2482,24859617
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O432465,2476,2480445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1245424243
Galliskiite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa4Al2(PO4)2F8·5H2O124521
Gayite  (*)DufréniteNaMnFe5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O124524
Genthelvite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteBe3Zn4(SiO4)3S22473,247460
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)32473,2474,24807437
Gold  (*)CopperAu1245430554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)322455,24601544
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S612458113
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S32444,2446,2455237
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O352452,2473,2474,2478,247914640
Hendricksite  (*)MicaKZn3(Si3Al)O10(OH)2124629
Hentschelite  (*)LazuliteCuFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)232452,2473,247420
Hydroxykenomicrolite  (*)Pyrochlore(   ,Na,Sb3+)2Ta2O6(OH)124656
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3124745433
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI12474180
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)622473,24742228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4124805591
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS41246082
Kettnerite  (*)BismutiteCaBiO(CO3)F22458,248046
Lacroixite  (*)TitaniteNaAl(PO4)F22452,246522
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)22473,2474234
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS612458128
Lipscombite  (*)LipscombiteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)222473,247447
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O422447,247414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)232473,2474,247912537
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS212460252
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O22473,2474388
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O32452,2473,2474443
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)62447,2465,2473,2476,2479,24804924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2124745800
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)12465200
Morinite  (*)NoneNaCa2Al2(PO4)2(OH)F4·2H2O1245222
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)22474,2480362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2112444,2465,2466,2469,2470,2473,2474,2476,2478,2479,248017380
Nanpingite  (*)MicaCsAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2124658
Natrodufrénite  (*)DufréniteNaFe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O1245246
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612474254
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O124742994
Pachnolite  (*)NoneNaCaAlF6·H2O22473,247418
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O32452,2473,2474182
Pollucite  (*)AnalcimeCs(Si2Al)O6·nH2O12465140
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)412474369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS242454,2458,2473,247439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2124733106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl124691725
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)312448341
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2192446,2447,2452,2454,2455,2457,2462,2465,2466,2469,2470,2473,2474,2476,2477,2478,2479,2480,248261156
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)212473375
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)522473,2474206
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO222474,24805614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)22455,24584894
Schoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)4O(OH)6(H2O)61247494
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)124422705
Sokolovaite  (*)MicaCsLi2AlSi4O10F2124656
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)352473,2474,2476,2479,24801214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS22455,245821482
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O32452,2473,2474263
Sulvanite  (*)NoneCu3VS41246448
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S32458,2473,2474510
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O124844899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2124651476
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O124741059
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2124552562
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F42452,2465,2473,2474233
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O32450,2451,2474628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO252465,2466,2470,2473,24742718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O52465,2466,2470,2474,2475890
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl22454,2469605
Vandendriesscheite  (*)NonePb1.6(UO2)10O6(OH)11·11H2O1246552
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O12474301
Vauxite  (*)NoneFe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O124737
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1022444,24461395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3124841247
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)32476,2479,2480939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)32465,2474,24805251


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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