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Locality Name:
Rinconada Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina


mindat Locality ID: 18951
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18951.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rinconada Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina": 51
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 42

Number of Child Localities: 27
Child Localities:
Ajedrez Mine
Alto Del Carmen Mine
Cabalonga Mine
Campanario Mine
Cerro Collaguaima
Cerro Granadas (Volcán Granadas)
Cerro Pabellón
Cerro Salle Prospect
Cincel River
Collaguayma Deposit (Boratera Collaguayma)
Cóndor Mine
Farallón Mine
Fundiciones Mine
La Argentina Mine
Laguna Vilama
Lagunillas Del Farallón
Llulluchayoc Mine
Orosmayo River
Pampacolla Mine
Pan De Azucar Mine
Pirquitas Ag-Sn Deposit
Rinconada
San Pedro Mine
Santo Domingo Mine
Serranía Dulce Nombre
Tiomayo Mine
Toroyoc Mine (Torayoc Mine)

Latitude: 22°32'8"S
Longitude: 66°27'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.535555555556,-66.45

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 As Au B Ba Bi C Ca Cd Ce Cl Cu F Fe Ge H In K La Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Te Ti W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAragoniteAramayoiteArgyroditeArsenicArsenolampriteArsenopyriteBaryteBerthierite
BournoniteCalciteChalcoalumiteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubanite
CylindriteDiasporeEnargiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGeocroniteKaoliniteLillianiteMalachite
MarcasiteMelanteriteMicaMonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPavonitePolybasitePyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileSartoriteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStannoiditeStibniteSulphur
TetradymiteTetrahedriteWurtziteZircon

104 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Alunite  (*)Angelellite  (*)
Anglesite  (*)Aramayoite  (*)Argentopyrite  (*)Argyrodite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Benjaminite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Canfieldite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Coiraite  (*)
Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)Cylindrite  (*)Diaphorite  (*)Dickite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Ferrokësterite  (*)Fizélyite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Franckeite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Geocronite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Goyazite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hercynite  (*)Hocartite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Jordanite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kësterite  (*)Kyrgyzstanite  (*)Lillianite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Matildite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Miargyrite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Monazite-(La)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pavonite  (*)
Petrukite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pirquitasite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrope  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Andorite IV  (*)Ramdohrite  (*)Rhodostannite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sakuraiite  (*)
Sartorite  (*)Semseyite  (*)Andorite VI  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stannite  (*)
Stannoidite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Suredaite  (*)Teallite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Toyohaite  (*)Trikalsilite  (*)
Ulexite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S22685,27002793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)126668803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3126662353
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)612685966
Angelellite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+4O3(AsO4)2126782
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)22684,27002734
Aramayoite  (*)AramayoiteAg3Sb2(Bi,Sb)S61268529
Argentopyrite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S31268553
Argyrodite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8GeS632684,2685,269262
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS72669,2684,2685,2690,2692,2699,27009052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2126845509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)22682,268511547
Benjaminite  (*)PavoniteAg3Bi7S1222685,269245
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S412669343
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi126991966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S322685,26991935
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S1132684,2685,2690843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS322685,26991089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1268427770
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS632685,2690,269291
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO282669,2678,2684,2685,2690,2692,2693,26955171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)127004979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS252684,2685,2692,2699,270027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl126851382
Coiraite  (*)None(Pb,Sn)12.5As3Sn5FeS2832685,2692,26931
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O322666,26821797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS126854165
Cylindrite  (*)CylindriteFePb3Sn4Sb2S1422685,269217
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S822685,2692126
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412690651
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS412699910
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)32685,2692,2693551
Ferrokësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS41269213
Fizélyite  (*)LillianiteAg5Pb14Sb21S4822685,269254
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2126849617
Franckeite  (*)CylindritePb21.7Sn9.3Fe4.0Sb8.1S56.932685,2692,269352
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S1242684,2685,2692,2700663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS62684,2685,2690,2692,2699,270024243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S2312685133
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)32678,2684,26857437
Gold  (*)CopperAu262660,2661,2662,2663,2666,2668,2669,2670,2672,2673,2674,2675,2680,2681,2682,2683,2684,2692,2699,2700,2701,2702,2703,2704,2709,271030554
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)612690173
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS12684717
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl126711398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O342666,2678,2684,268514640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O412666407
Hocartite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteAg2FeSnS442685,2690,2692,269331
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O322670,26825433
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S1412700784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)622684,26852228
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S2312690105
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)422685,26905591
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS432685,2690,269282
Kyrgyzstanite  (*)ChalcoalumiteZnAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O126856
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS612692128
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O442666,2670,2678,268214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21270012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS272665,2669,2684,2685,2690,2692,26995674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS222685,2692252
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O12684915
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS232685,2690,2692300
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)22670,2682945
Monazite-(La)  (*)MonaziteLa(PO4)1268238
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21268517380
Pavonite  (*)PavoniteAgBi3S532685,2690,269272
Petrukite  (*)Enargite Wurtzite(Cu,Ag)2(Fe,Zn)(Sn,In)S422685,269212
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2126822273
Pirquitasite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteAg2ZnSnS442685,2690,2692,26936
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]22685,2700716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS332690,2699,2700733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS352684,2685,2690,2692,27001425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2102666,2669,2682,2684,2685,2690,2692,2693,2699,270039462
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)312666341
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S822684,26859056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO272678,2680,2684,2685,2690,2699,270061156
Andorite IV  (*)LillianiteAgPbSb3S622685,26927
Ramdohrite  (*)LillianitePb5.9Fe0.1Mn0.1In0.1Cd0.2Ag2.8Sb10.8S2422685,269234
Rhodostannite  (*)SpinelCu1+(Fe2+0.5Sn4+1.5)S422685,269210
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2126825614
Sakuraiite  (*)Stannite Sphalerite(Cu,Zn,Fe)3(In,Sn)S41269210
Sartorite  (*)SartoritePbAs2S41269911
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S2122684,2685165
Andorite VI  (*)LillianiteAgPbSb3S6126928
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)22690,27006417
Silver  (*)CopperAg22684,26855186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)127002473
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3126661214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS72669,2684,2685,2690,2692,2699,270021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4126661934
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS432685,2690,2692668
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S121268480
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S362665,2668,2669,2680,2684,27003418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS52684,2685,2706,2707,27082045
Suredaite  (*)NonePbSnS322692,26931
Teallite  (*)ArsenolampritePbSnS222685,269233
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13126991803
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S22685,2692510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13126905317
Toyohaite  (*)SpinelAg1+(Fe2+0.5Sn4+1.5)S432669,2685,26923
Trikalsilite  (*)NoneK2Na(AlSiO4)3126822
Ulexite  (*)NoneNaCaB5O6(OH)6·5H2O12671160
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS32684,2685,2692372
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)12682939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)32666,2670,26825251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R130018Pirquitas Ag-Sn Deposit, Rinconada Department, Jujuy Province, Argentinahttps://rruff.info/R130018
R061016Pirquitas Ag-Sn Deposit, Rinconada Department, Jujuy Province, Argentinahttps://rruff.info/R061016
R120139Pirquitas Ag-Sn Deposit, Rinconada Department, Jujuy Province, Argentinahttps://rruff.info/R120139
R070191Oploca Vein System (Oploca Mine), Pirquitas Ag-Sn Deposit, Rinconada Department, Jujuy Province, Argentinahttps://rruff.info/R070191
R070203Oploca Vein System (Oploca Mine), Pirquitas Ag-Sn Deposit, Rinconada Department, Jujuy Province, Argentinahttps://rruff.info/R070203


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