Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Oploca Vein System (Oploca Mine), Pirquitas Ag-Sn Deposit, Rinconada Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 9896
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9896.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oploca Vein System (Oploca Mine), Pirquitas Ag-Sn Deposit, Rinconada Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Veta Norte Vein

Latitude: 22°41'20"S
Longitude: 66°32'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.688888888889,-66.541666666667

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Argyrodite	Arsenolamprite	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Columbite	Copper	Cylindrite	Enargite	Lillianite	Marcasite
None	Pavonite	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

Argyrodite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Benjaminite ()*	Canfieldite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Coiraite ()*	Cylindrite ()*	Diaphorite ()*	Ferberite ()*
Ferrokësterite ()*	Fizélyite ()*	Franckeite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hocartite ()*	Kësterite ()*	Lillianite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Matildite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Pavonite ()*	Petrukite ()*	Pirquitasite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Andorite IV ()*	Ramdohrite ()*	Rhodostannite ()*
Sakuraiite ()*	Andorite VI ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Suredaite ()*
Teallite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Toyohaite ()*	Wurtzite ()*

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 As Au Bi Cd Cu Fe Ge In O Pb S Sb Sn Te W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Bi Cd Cu Fe Ge In Mn Pb S Sb Sn Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Argyrodite Arsenolamprite Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Columbite Copper Cylindrite Enargite Lillianite Marcasite
None Pavonite Pyrite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

39 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Argyrodite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈GeS₆	0		62
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Benjaminite ()*	Pavonite	Ag₃Bi₇S₁₂	0		45
Canfieldite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈SnS₆	0		91
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	2693	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Coiraite ()*	None	(Pb,Sn)_12.5As₃Sn₅FeS₂₈	1	2693	1
Cylindrite ()*	Cylindrite	FePb₃Sn₄Sb₂S₁₄	0		17
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	0		126
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	1	2693	551
Ferrokësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	0		13
Fizélyite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₅Pb₁₄Sb₂₁S₄₈	0		54
Franckeite ()*	Cylindrite	Pb_21.7Sn_9.3Fe_4.0Sb_8.1S_56.9	1	2693	52
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	0		663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Hocartite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Ag₂FeSnS₄	1	2693	31
Kësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂ZnSnS₄	0		82
Lillianite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆	0		128
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	0		5674
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	0		252
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	0		300
Pavonite ()*	Pavonite	AgBi₃S₅	0		72
Petrukite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	(Cu,Ag)₂(Fe,Zn)(Sn,In)S₄	0		12
Pirquitasite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Ag₂ZnSnS₄	1	2693	6
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	0		1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	2693	39462
Andorite IV ()*	Lillianite	AgPbSb₃S₆	0		7
Ramdohrite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_5.9Fe_0.1Mn_0.1In_0.1Cd_0.2Ag_2.8Sb_10.8S₂₄	0		34
Rhodostannite ()*	Spinel	Cu¹⁺(Fe²⁺_0.5Sn⁴⁺_1.5)S₄	0		10
Sakuraiite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	(Cu,Zn,Fe)₃(In,Sn)S₄	0		10
Andorite VI ()*	Lillianite	AgPbSb₃S₆	0		8
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	0		668
Suredaite ()*	None	PbSnS₃	1	2693	1
Teallite ()*	Arsenolamprite	PbSnS₂	0		33
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	0		510
Toyohaite ()*	Spinel	Ag¹⁺(Fe²⁺_0.5Sn⁴⁺_1.5)S₄	0		3
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	0		372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070191	Oploca Vein System (Oploca Mine), Pirquitas Ag-Sn Deposit, Rinconada Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina	https://rruff.info/R070191
R070203	Oploca Vein System (Oploca Mine), Pirquitas Ag-Sn Deposit, Rinconada Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina	https://rruff.info/R070203

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