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


mindat Locality ID: 23408
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23408.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Peregrina Mine, Cerro Negro District, Chilecito, Chilecito Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 29°4'1"S
Longitude: 67°42'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.066944444444,-67.710277777778

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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe Ge H K Mg Mn Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

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  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe0489
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Argyrodite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8GeS6062
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S120663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS20300
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs0633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As30176
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]0249
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]0716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS30733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs20233
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)01711
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs20317
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs30531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS40586
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe0190
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS0372



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