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La Mejicana District, Sierra de Famatina, La Rioja, Argentina

Highly sulfurous epithermal veins associated with dacitic volcanics hosted in Miocene shales of the Negro Peinado and Mogotes Formations. Includes the La Mejicana mine, Upulungus mine, and diverse other prospects and adits. Most important veins are the San Pedro and the Upulungus.





Mineral List:
Acanthite
Alunite
Anhydrite
Bornite
Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite
Colusite
Covellite
Enargite
Famatinite
Fibroferrite
Galena
Gold
Goldfieldite
Gypsum
Malachite
Marcasite
Mawsonite
'Melnikovite'
Pearceite
Polybasite
Quartz
Sphalerite
Stannite
Stannoidite
Stützite
Sylvanite
Tennantite
Tetrahedrite
var: Bismuthian Tetrahedrite
Uytenbogaardtite


31 entries listed. 29 valid minerals.

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