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Cerro Quico, Graneros Department, Tucumán, Argentina

Wolframite deposit associated with a 400 meters x 100 meters body of quartz hosted in granite. Located in the Aconquija mountains (1,950 m elevation).

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Cassiterite
Chalcocite
Ferberite
Fluorite
Hübnerite
'Iron Ochre'
Limonite
Malachite
'Manganese Oxides'
Opal
Quartz
var: Chalcedony
var: Citrine
var: Rock Crystal
var: Smoky Quartz
Tungstite
Wolframite


17 entries listed. 9 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

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References

1- F. González Bonorino (1960) - Descripción de la Hoja 12 e "Villa Alberdi" (Tucumán). Dirección Nacional de Minería, Boletín Nº 74. Buenos Aires.
2- Néstor Hillar (1964) - El yacimiento de cuarzo y wolframita de Piedras Blancas en el Cerro Quico, Dpto. de Graneros (Tucumán). Revista Minera, Tomo XXVII, Nº 1.
3- Hugo A. Peña (1963) - Nota preliminar sobre la presencia de wolframita en la provincia de Tucumán. Acta geológica Lilloana, Volumen IV. Tucumán.
4- R. L. Díaz Taddei (1982) - Estudio geológico minero del yacimiento de cuarzo de Piedras Blancas. Acta geológica Lilloana, Volumen XVI,
Nº 1. Tucumán.
5- Juan C. Porto, R. L. Díaz Taddei (1985) - Manifestaciones uraníferas en el Cerro Quico, Sierra de Aconquija, Tucumán, República Argentina.
Acta geológica Lilloana, Volumen XVI, Nº 2. Tucumán.
6- Subsecretaría de Minería de la Nación (1974). Reporte técnico.

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