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Locality Name:
Salinas De Garci Mendoza, Cabrera Province, Oruro, Bolivia


mindat Locality ID: 146702
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146702.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Salinas De Garci Mendoza, Cabrera Province, Oruro, Bolivia": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Cerro Kancha
Guadalupe Mine
La Deseada Mine
María Luisa Mine
San Miguel Mine (Margarita Mine)

Latitude: 19°41'13"S
Longitude: 67°41'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.686944444444,-67.698888888889
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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumCovelliteEnargite
MalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSulphurTetrahedrite
Wurtzite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alunite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Calcite  (*)Celadonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Enargite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1261472793
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6126142966
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21261483092
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2226145,261465509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)326144,26145,2614611547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12614827770
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)2126148309
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1261474979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2226147,2614827198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl1261471382
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1261474165
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4126145910
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12126147663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS426144,26146,26147,2614824243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3226147,2614814640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61261472228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2226145,2614612537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212614817380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2626142,26144,26145,26146,26147,2614839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2526144,26145,26146,26147,2614861156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1261446417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS426144,26146,26147,2614821482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4126147586
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1261422045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131261455317


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