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Locality Name:
Cerro Quico, Graneros Department, Tucumán Province, Argentina


mindat Locality ID: 239477
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239477.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cerro Quico, Graneros Department, Tucumán Province, Argentina": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Piedras Blancas Deposit

Latitude: 27°45'59"S
Longitude: 65°43'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.766388888889,-65.716666666667
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: C Ca Cu F Fe H Mn Mo O S Si Sn W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Sn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousChalcopyriteColumbiteCorundumCovelliteFluoriteMalachiteNonePyriteQuartz
RutileScheeliteTungstite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Ferberite  (*)
Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Opal  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Tungstite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S137075707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21370727198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS137074165
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)13707551
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O13707345
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2137079617
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31370714640
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)13707469
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21370712537
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O137072994
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)13707494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21370739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21370761156
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O13707118


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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