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Locality Name:
Cortaderas Zone, Pirquitas Ag-Sn Deposit, Rinconada Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina


mindat Locality ID: 307213
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-307213.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cortaderas Zone, Pirquitas Ag-Sn Deposit, Rinconada Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Bi C Cu Fe H O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi C Cu Fe H O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArgyroditeArsenopyriteCalciteClayGeocroniteKaoliniteMarcasiteNonePavonite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStanniteTetrahedrite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Canfieldite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Dickite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goyazite  (*)Hocartite  (*)Jordanite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kësterite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Pavonite  (*)Pirquitasite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S110843
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS6091
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)40651
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)60173
Hocartite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteAg2FeSnS4031
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S230105
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS4082
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS20300
Pavonite  (*)PavoniteAgBi3S5072
Pirquitasite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteAg2ZnSnS406
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS30733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS40668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317


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