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


mindat Locality ID: 232756
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-232756.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "264 Level, Colorada Vein, Ánimas Mine, Chocaya-Animas (Animas-Chocaya), Atocha-Quechisla Mining District, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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 As Bi Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Bi Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Sn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AramayoiteArsenopyriteLillianiteNonePyriteQuartzSphaleriteStanniteTetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Aramayoite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Clino-oscarkempffite  (*)Ferrokësterite  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Miargyrite  (*)Oscarkempffite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Stannite  (*)
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)S6029
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Clino-oscarkempffite  (*)LillianiteAg15Pb6Sb21Bi18S7201
Ferrokësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4013
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S120663
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS20300
Oscarkempffite  (*)LillianiteAg10Pb4(Sb17Bi9)S4801
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS40668


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