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Locality Name:
La Confianza Mine (San Vicente Mine; Confianza Mine; Tajos Mine; San Francisco Mine), San Vicente District, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia


mindat Locality ID: 135191
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-135191.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Confianza Mine (San Vicente Mine; Confianza Mine; Tajos Mine; San Francisco Mine), San Vicente District, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 21°16'17"S
Longitude: 66°19'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.271388888889,-66.318055555556
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 Au Ba Bi C Cd Cu Fe H In K O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Cd Cu Fe H In K O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteKobelliteMarcasiteMeneghiniteMica
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStanniteTetrahedrite
Wurtzite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)
Gold  (*)Greenockite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Luzonite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Roquesite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Stephanite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS30315
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S120663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S40192
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS0717
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S140784
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS40198
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Roquesite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuInS2046
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS40668
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS40586
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS0332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317


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