Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Cerro De Potosí (Cerro Rico), Potosí City, Potosí, Bolivia

mindat Locality ID: 325
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-325.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cerro De Potosí (Cerro Rico), Potosí City, Potosí, Bolivia": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
6 De Agosto Mine
Caracoles Mine
Carrasco Mine
Cerro Chico
Cotamitos Mine (Socavón Real)
Desamparados Mine
Esperanza Mine
Lariba Mine (Lariva Mine)
Moropoto Mine
Pailaviri Mine
Rosario Mine
San Germán Mine
San Miguel Vein
Santa Catalina Mine
Santa Elena Mine
Santa Rita Mine
Unificada Mine

Latitude: 19°37'5"S
Longitude: 65°44'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.618055555556,-65.749444444444

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Acanthite	Alunite	Arsenic	Arsenolamprite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cylindrite	Diaspore	Epsomite	Germanite	Halotrichite	Kaolinite
Lillianite	Melanterite	Melonite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Owyheeite	Phosphophyllite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Turquoise	Voltaite	Wavellite
Wurtzite	Xanthoconite	Zircon

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ti V Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ti V Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Arsenic Arsenolamprite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite
Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Cylindrite Diaspore Epsomite Germanite Halotrichite Kaolinite
Lillianite Melanterite Melonite Mica Nickeline None Owyheeite Phosphophyllite Pyrite Pyrophyllite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Turquoise Voltaite Wavellite
Wurtzite Xanthoconite Zircon

67 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Alunite ()*	Argentojarosite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Berndtite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Colusite ()*
Covellite ()*	Diaphorite ()*	Dickite ()*	Doyleite ()*	Famatinite ()*
Faustite ()*	Fizélyite ()*	Franckeite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Goslarite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*
Herzenbergite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Matildite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Miargyrite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nacrite ()*	Ottemannite ()*	Owyheeite ()*
Phosphophyllite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Pirquitasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrostilpnite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Sideronatrite ()*	Siderotil ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Svanbergite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Valentinite ()*	Varlamoffite ()*	Voltaite ()*	Wavellite ()*
Wurtzite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	0		2793
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	26511	966
Argentojarosite ()*	Alunite	AgFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		58
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	0		379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	26505,26515,26519	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	26516	11547
Berndtite ()*	Melonite	SnS₂	0		11
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	0		1935
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	0		1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	7	26505,26509,26511,26515,26516,26521,26523	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	26509	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	26505,26509,26511,26515,26523	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	0		1382
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	0		110
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	5	26505,26509,26511,26515,26523	4165
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	0		126
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		651
Doyleite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	0		15
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	1	26512	163
Faustite ()*	Turquoise	ZnAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	0		24
Fizélyite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₅Pb₁₄Sb₂₁S₄₈	0		54
Franckeite ()*	Cylindrite	Pb_21.7Sn_9.3Fe_4.0Sb_8.1S_56.9	0		52
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	0		663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	26507,26508	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	0		188
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	0		717
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	0		409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	26511	14640
Herzenbergite ()*	Arsenolamprite	SnS	0		35
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	3	26509,26512,26523	784
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		2228
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	1	26523	252
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	0		915
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	0		300
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Nacrite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		112
Ottemannite ()*	None	Sn₂S₃	0		4
Owyheeite ()*	Owyheeite	Ag₃Pb₁₀Sb₁₁S₂₈	0		89
Phosphophyllite ()*	Phosphophyllite	Zn₂Fe²⁺(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	0		29
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	0		265
Pirquitasite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Ag₂ZnSnS₄	1	26503	6
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	6	26503,26512,26515,26519,26522,26523	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	26505,26508,26509,26511,26515,26519,26523	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		771
Pyrostilpnite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃SbS₃	0		84
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	26505,26507,26509,26511,26515,26523	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	26507	6417
Sideronatrite ()*	None	Na₂Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·3H₂O	0		73
Siderotil ()*	Chalcanthite	Fe(SO₄)·5H₂O	0		84
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	0		5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	26507	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	7	26503,26505,26508,26511,26515,26519,26523	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	5	26505,26509,26511,26515,26523	668
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	0		586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	26509	3418
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	0		105
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	7	26505,26509,26511,26515,26519,26521,26523	5317
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	1	26508	369
Varlamoffite ()*	Rutile	(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)₂	0		56
Voltaite ()*	Voltaite	K₂Fe²⁺₅Fe³⁺₃Al(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	0		111
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	0		374
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	0		372
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050224	Unificada Mine, Cerro De Potosí (Cerro Rico), Potosí City, Potosí, Bolivia	https://rruff.info/R050224

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