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


mindat Locality ID: 229521
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229521.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cerro Negro District, Chilecito, Chilecito Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
La Viuda Mine
Peregrina Mine

Latitude: 29°4'1"S
Longitude: 67°42'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.066944444444,-67.71

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 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: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArgyroditeBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteDigeniteLöllingite
MarcasiteMicaNickelineNonePerovskitePolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSkutterudite
SphaleriteTetrahedriteWurtzite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
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  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S128812793
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe12881489
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2128813092
Argyrodite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8GeS61288162
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1288111547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1288127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21288127198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS128814165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S128811027
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S1212881663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1288124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu1288130554
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2128815674
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS212881300
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)222880,288117380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs12881633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As312881176
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]12881249
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]12881716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS312881733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3128811425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21288139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO222880,288161156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs212881233
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)22880,28811711
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs212881317
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)22880,28816417
Silver  (*)CopperAg128815186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs312881531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1288121482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS412881586
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe12881190
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS12881372



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