Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chayanta Province, Potosí, Bolivia

mindat Locality ID: 14517
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14517.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chayanta Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 37
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Bombori
Colquechaca (Aullagas)
Macha Area
Maragua
Ocuri
Pakajake Canyon (Pacajake Canyon)
Pucro Mine
Ravelo

Latitude: 18°44'26"S
Longitude: 65°49'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.740555555556,-65.830833333333

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	Allargentum	Amorphous	Aragonite	Argyrodite	Arsenic	Arsenolamprite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite
Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Cobaltomenite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Cylindrite	Diaspore
Garnet	Jalpaite	Löllingite	Linarite	Mandarinoite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Owyheeite	Perovskite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Topaz	Vivianite	Wurtzite	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 Cl Co Cu F Fe Ge H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allargentum Amorphous Aragonite Argyrodite Arsenic Arsenolamprite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite
Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Cobaltomenite Copper Corundum Cubanite Cylindrite Diaspore
Garnet Jalpaite Löllingite Linarite Mandarinoite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Owyheeite Perovskite Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Topaz Vivianite Wurtzite Zircon

75 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Ahlfeldite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anglesite ()*
Antimony ()*	Argentopyrite ()*	Argyrodite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Canfieldite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcomenite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chalcostibite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Cobaltomenite ()*	Cosalite ()*
Cylindrite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*	Franckeite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Herzenbergite ()*	Hocartite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jalpaite ()*
Jamesonite ()*	Linarite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mandarinoite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Matildite ()*	Mckinstryite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Molybdomenite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Olsacherite ()*	Opal ()*	Owyheeite ()*
Penroseite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rooseveltite ()*	Schoenfliesite ()*	Selenium ()*
Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stannite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Teallite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tiemannite ()*
Topaz ()*	Vivianite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Wurtzite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	26330,26361	2793
Ahlfeldite ()*	Cobaltomenite	Ni(SeO₃)·2H₂O	1	26362	2
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	26351	312
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	26347	2353
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	26362	2734
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	1	26352	363
Argentopyrite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃	1	26330	53
Argyrodite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈GeS₆	1	26330	62
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	26330,26338,26358	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	7	26328,26330,26335,26354,26361,26362,26363	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2	26330,26338	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	26338	1935
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	26330	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	26328,26330,26362	27770
Canfieldite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈SnS₆	2	26330,26334	91
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	10	26330,26333,26335,26342,26345,26346,26347,26349,26359,26363	5171
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	26328	309
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	26361,26362	4979
Chalcomenite ()*	None	Cu(Se⁴⁺O₃)·2H₂O	1	26362	40
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	26330,26358,26362	27198
Chalcostibite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuSbS₂	1	26330	162
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	26330	1382
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	1	26362	281
Cobaltomenite ()*	Cobaltomenite	Co(Se⁴⁺O₃)·2H₂O	1	26362	11
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	1	26338	344
Cylindrite ()*	Cylindrite	FePb₃Sn₄Sb₂S₁₄	2	26330,26339	17
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	1	26330	180
Franckeite ()*	Cylindrite	Pb_21.7Sn_9.3Fe_4.0Sb_8.1S_56.9	2	26330,26333	52
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7	26330,26333,26335,26342,26354,26359,26361	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	26362	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	26346,26347,26349,26362	14640
Herzenbergite ()*	Arsenolamprite	SnS	1	26359	35
Hocartite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Ag₂FeSnS₄	1	26330	31
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	26346,26347	5433
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	1	26330	116
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	26330	784
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	26362	987
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	26330	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	26346,26347	14899
Mandarinoite ()*	Mandarinoite	Fe³⁺₂(Se⁴⁺O₃)₃·6H₂O	1	26362	14
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	4	26330,26335,26354,26359	5674
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	1	26338	252
Mckinstryite ()*	None	Ag₅Cu₃S₄	1	26330	51
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	1	26330	300
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	26349	5800
Molybdomenite ()*	None	PbSe⁴⁺O₃	1	26362	15
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	1	26362	192
Olsacherite ()*	Baryte	Pb₂(Se⁶⁺O₄)(SO₄)	1	26362	10
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	26345,26347	2994
Owyheeite ()*	Owyheeite	Ag₃Pb₁₀Sb₁₁S₂₈	1	26330	89
Penroseite ()*	Pyrite	(Ni,Co,Cu)Se₂	1	26362	14
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	26330	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	26330	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	26330,26335,26349,26354,26359,26362,26363,26364	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	26330,26351,26359	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	11	26328,26329,26330,26335,26345,26347,26349,26354,26359,26362,26363	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	26351	1711
Rooseveltite ()*	Monazite	Bi(AsO₄)	1	26347	38
Schoenfliesite ()*	Perovskite	MgSn(OH)₆	1	26330	10
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	1	26362	143
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	5	26330,26333,26342,26359,26362	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2	26346,26347	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	26330	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	26330	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	26330,26333,26351,26354,26359,26363	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	3	26330,26354,26359	668
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	26330	586
Teallite ()*	Arsenolamprite	PbSnS₂	2	26331,26359	33
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	3	26330,26335,26354	5317
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe	1	26362	83
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	2	26346,26347	1476
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	26330	636
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	26362	1655
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	2	26330,26354	372
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	26346,26347	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070169	Colquechaca (Aullagas), Chayanta Province, Potosí, Bolivia	https://rruff.info/R070169

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