Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Colavi Mine, Colavi Subdistrict, Machacamarca Mining District (Colavi Mining District), Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosí, Bolivia

mindat Locality ID: 45993
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45993.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Colavi Mine, Colavi Subdistrict, Machacamarca Mining District (Colavi Mining District), Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 19°19'8"S
Longitude: 65°32'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.318888888889,-65.541666666667

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.

Amorphous	Arsenic	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite

Baryte ()*	Bismite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Cosalite ()*	Dickite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hocartite ()*	Kësterite ()*	Ludlamite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Valentinite ()*	Vivianite ()*

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 Ba Bi C Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Arsenic Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Kaolinite Marcasite Mica
None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Vivianite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	214
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	344
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	651
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hocartite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Ag₂FeSnS₄	31
Kësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂ZnSnS₄	82
Ludlamite ()*	None	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	66
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	369
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	636

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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