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Locality Name:
Cerro Grande District, Arque Province, Cochabamba, Bolivia


mindat Locality ID: 11277
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11277.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cerro Grande District, Arque Province, Cochabamba, Bolivia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
14 De Septiembre Mine
Berenguela Mine
Cerro Grande Mine
Toro Sentado Mine
Uncia Chico Mine

Latitude: 17°49'25"S
Longitude: 66°22'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.823611111111,-66.375
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: Al As C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopiapiteCylindriteLöllingiteMarcasiteMica
NickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStanniteTetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Franckeite  (*)Galena  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Safflorite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1257389052
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2425738,25739,25740,257415171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212573827198
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O125738382
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1257402740
Franckeite  (*)CylindritePb21.7Sn9.3Fe4.0Sb8.1S56.912574052
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12573924243
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14125738784
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21257405674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212574017380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs125740633
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2325738,25739,2574039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8225738,257399056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2325738,25739,2574061156
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2125740317
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)325738,25739,257406417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS225739,2574021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4125740668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131257405317


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