Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Itos Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia

mindat Locality ID: 346
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-346.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Itos Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 17°57'51"S
Longitude: 67°8'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.964166666667,-67.133888888889

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	Alunite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Copiapite
Copper	Cylindrite	Diaspore	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline	Vivianite	Wavellite	Zinkenite

Acanthite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Argentojarosite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Augelite ()*	Baryte ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcostibite ()*	Cylindrite ()*	Diaphorite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Ferrokësterite ()*	Franckeite ()*	Freibergite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Heteromorphite ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kermesite ()*	Magnesiocopiapite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Metastibnite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Plagionite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Semseyite ()*	Silver ()*	Stannite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Valentinite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Wavellite ()*
Zinkenite ()*

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 B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Copiapite
Copper Cylindrite Diaspore Gypsum Kaolinite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Tourmaline Vivianite Wavellite Zinkenite

46 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	966
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Argentojarosite ()*	Alunite	AgFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	58
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Augelite ()*	None	Al₂(PO₄)(OH)₃	79
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1089
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chalcostibite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuSbS₂	162
Cylindrite ()*	Cylindrite	FePb₃Sn₄Sb₂S₁₄	17
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	126
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	648
Ferrokësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	13
Franckeite ()*	Cylindrite	Pb_21.7Sn_9.3Fe_4.0Sb_8.1S_56.9	52
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Heteromorphite ()*	None	Pb₇Sb₈S₁₉	38
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	784
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂	230
Magnesiocopiapite ()*	Copiapite	MgFe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	54
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Metastibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	87
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	300
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	128
Plagionite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₈S₁₇	100
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	165
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	668
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	369
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	636
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	374
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	228

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050481	Itos Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia	https://rruff.info/R050481

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