Cerro Pichao, Tafí del Valle Department, Tucumán, Argentina

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Cerro Pichao, part of the crystalline environment of the Sierra of Quilmes, i.e. are metamorphic rocks, phyllite injected carriers of small bodies pegmatitics linked to partly visible granitic intrusions. This pegmatites are at various levels of the slopes of the Pichao Hill. The bodies have some tens of meters and are rare. They are complex and outside of the granitic intrusion pegmatites, they are consistent with the injected schists porce. The mica deposits are found in pegmatites located 8.5 km approximately to the West of the population of Colalao del Valle, in the Department Tafí del Valle, in the environment belongs to the Sierras of Quilmes.

With regard to the disposal of mica or Scrap of the deposits in the sierra de Quilmes, there is a history that was used in drilling for oil and paint and non-stick paint by the company DARMEX S.A.C.I.F.I., province of San Luis, which acquired 27,000 and 20,000 kg, during the year 2001.

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'Albite-Anorthite Series' Almandine Beryl var: Aquamarine var: Emerald 'Biotite'

Chalcocite 'Garnet' 'Gummite' Kaolinite Kasolite Malachite

'Manganese Oxides' 'var: Manganese Dendrites' 'Mica Group' Microcline Muscovite Quartz

Quartz var: Citrine Schorl Spodumene 'Tourmaline' Uraninite Uranophane

27 entries listed. 13 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

Argentina Tucumán Tafí del Valle Department Cerro Pichao "Cueva de Bazán" mica deposit ("Cueva de Bazán" pegmatite) Alto Cazadero deposit Milagro Mine

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