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Locality Name:
Ánimas Mine, Chocaya-Animas (Animas-Chocaya), Atocha-Quechisla Mining District, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia


mindat Locality ID: 355
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-355.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ánimas Mine, Chocaya-Animas (Animas-Chocaya), Atocha-Quechisla Mining District, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Colorada Vein

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Bi C Ca Cd Cu Fe Ge H O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Cd Cu Fe Ge H In Mn O P Pb S Sb Sn Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AramayoiteArgyroditeArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteCylindriteGypsumLöllingiteLillianiteMarcasite
NoneOwyheeitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStanniteStibniteTetrahedrite
WavelliteWurtziteZinkenite

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Aramayoite  (*)Argyrodite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augelite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Canfieldite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clino-oscarkempffite  (*)Diaphorite  (*)
Ferrokësterite  (*)Fizélyite  (*)Franckeite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hocartite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Miargyrite  (*)Oscarkempffite  (*)Owyheeite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Ramdohrite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Stephanite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wavellite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aramayoite  (*)AramayoiteAg3Sb2(Bi,Sb)S612656329
Argyrodite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8GeS6062
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1265639052
Augelite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)(OH)3079
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS6091
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Clino-oscarkempffite  (*)LillianiteAg15Pb6Sb21Bi18S721265631
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S80126
Ferrokësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS412656313
Fizélyite  (*)LillianiteAg5Pb14Sb21S48054
Franckeite  (*)CylindritePb21.7Sn9.3Fe4.0Sb8.1S56.9052
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12126563663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hocartite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteAg2FeSnS4031
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S140784
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs20762
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2126563300
Oscarkempffite  (*)LillianiteAg10Pb4(Sb17Bi9)S481265631
Owyheeite  (*)OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S28089
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31265631425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212656339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212656361156
Ramdohrite  (*)LillianitePb5.9Fe0.1Mn0.1In0.1Cd0.2Ag2.8Sb10.8S24034
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4126563668
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS40586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O0374
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS0372
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S420228


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R061071Ánimas Mine, Chocaya-Animas (Animas-Chocaya), Atocha-Quechisla Mining District, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Boliviahttps://rruff.info/R061071

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