Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 331
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-331.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 20°57'"S
Longitude: 66°18'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.95,-66.3

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	Aramayoite	Argyrodite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Cylindrite	Kobellite	Lillianite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Wavellite	Wurtzite

Anglesite ()*	Aramayoite ()*	Argyrodite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Baumstarkite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Franckeite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Hocartite ()*
Izoklakeite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Miargyrite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Ramdohrite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wavellite ()*	Wurtzite ()*

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 Cd Cu Fe Ge H K O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aramayoite Argyrodite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Cylindrite Kobellite Lillianite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Wavellite Wurtzite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Aramayoite ()*	Aramayoite	Ag₃Sb₂(Bi,Sb)S₆	29
Argyrodite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈GeS₆	62
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Baumstarkite ()*	Aramayoite	Ag₃Sb₃S₆	6
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1089
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Franckeite ()*	Cylindrite	Pb_21.7Sn_9.3Fe_4.0Sb_8.1S_56.9	52
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Hocartite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Ag₂FeSnS₄	31
Izoklakeite ()*	Kobellite	Pb_26.4(Cu,Fe)₂(Sb,Bi)_19.6S₅₇	25
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	784
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	300
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Ramdohrite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_5.9Fe_0.1Mn_0.1In_0.1Cd_0.2Ag_2.8Sb_10.8S₂₄	34
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	374
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R110001	Chocaya Mine, Chocaya-Animas (Animas-Chocaya), Atocha-Quechisla Mining District, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia	https://rruff.info/R110001

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