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Pyrargyrite from
Cortaderas Zone, Pirquitas Mine, Mina Pirquitas, Rinconada Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina


Locality type:Mine Zone
Classification
Species:Pyrargyrite
Formula:Ag3SbS3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrargyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cortaderas Zone, Pirquitas Mine, Mina Pirquitas, Rinconada Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1267710
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1267710:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrargyrite
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘOploca Vein System, San Miguel Open pit, Pirquitas Mine, Mina Pirquitas, Rinconada Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina
7.2km (4.5 miles) ⓘPirquitas Mine, Mina Pirquitas, Rinconada Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina
34.7km (21.6 miles) ⓘChinchillas Mine, Mina Pirquitas, Rinconada Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina
51.1km (31.8 miles) ⓘPan de Azucar Mine, Rinconada, Rinconada Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina
92.2km (57.3 miles) ⓘMorokho mine (Himalaya mine; Veta Rica), Cerro Morokho (Cerro Moruco), Sud Lípez Province, Potosí, Bolivia
94.5km (58.7 miles) ⓘMulato mine, Cerro Morokho (Cerro Moruco), Sud Lípez Province, Potosí, Bolivia
96.8km (60.2 miles) ⓘLa Salvadora Mine, Cerro Bonete, Sud Lípez Province, Potosí, Bolivia
99.4km (61.8 miles) ⓘEsperanza prospect, El Aguilar, Humahuaca Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina
References
Slater, E. T. (2016). The Cortaderas Zone, Pirquitas Mine, NW Argentina: An Example of Miocene Epithermal Ag-Zn-Pb-Sn Mineralization in the Andean Tin Belt (Masters thesis, Laurentian University of Sudbury).
 
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