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Locality Name:
Chorolque Mine, Cerro Chorolque, Atocha-Quechisla Mining District, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia

mindat Locality ID: 327
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-327.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chorolque Mine, Cerro Chorolque, Atocha-Quechisla Mining District, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 20°58'"S
Longitude: 66°5'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.966666666667,-66.083333333333

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.

Alunite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Bismutite	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite
Copper	Diaspore	Enargite	Matlockite	Meneghinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Phosphosiderite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Tungstite	Wurtzite

Aikinite ()*	Alunite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bismutite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cosalite ()*	Daubréeite ()*	Enargite ()*	Ferberite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hessite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Metavariscite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scorodite ()*	Semseyite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Strengite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Tungstite ()*	Variscite ()*	Varlamoffite ()*	Wittichenite ()*

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 Au Bi C Cu Fe H K Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Cu Fe H K Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Bismutite Bournonite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite
Copper Diaspore Enargite Matlockite Meneghinite Mica Nickeline None Phosphosiderite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Tungstite Wurtzite

39 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	315
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	966
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	716
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1089
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	344
Daubréeite ()*	Matlockite	BiO(OH)	13
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	910
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	551
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	804
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	784
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Metavariscite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	27
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	128
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1153
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	165
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	668
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	263
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Tungstite ()*	Tungstite	WO₃·H₂O	118
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	301
Varlamoffite ()*	Rutile	(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)₂	56
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	297

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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