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Pyrrhotite from
Restauradora vein, Capillitas mining district, Andalgalá, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina


Locality type:Vein
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Restauradora vein, Capillitas mining district, Andalgalá, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1441237
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1441237:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘBordón vein, Capillitas mining district, Andalgalá, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘNueva Esperanza vein, Capillitas mining district, Andalgalá, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina
11.2km (7.0 miles) ⓘAgua Rica Mine, Andalgalá, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina
90.7km (56.3 miles) ⓘSierra de Fiambalá, Fiambalá, Tinogasta department, Catamarca Province, Argentina
References
Márquez-Zavalía, M. F., Vymazalová, A., Galliski, M. Á., Watanabe, Y., Murakami, H. (2020) Indium-bearing paragenesis from the Nueva Esperanza and Restauradora veins, Capillitas mine, Argentina. Journal of GEOsciences, 65 (2) 97-109
 
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