Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Socavón Mine (La Salvadora Mine), Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia

mindat Locality ID: 23147
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23147.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Socavón Mine (La Salvadora Mine), Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 17°58'3"S
Longitude: 67°7'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.9675,-67.121388888889

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.

Andalusite	Clay	Copiapite	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Melanterite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Stibnite

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Augelite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Copiapite ()*
Galena ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Metastibnite ()*
Plagionite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*

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 Fe H K Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H K Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Clay Copiapite Feldspar Kaolinite Marcasite Melanterite None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Stibnite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1310
Augelite ()*	None	Al₂(PO₄)(OH)₃	79
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	382
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	915
Metastibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	87
Plagionite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₈S₁₇	100
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	598

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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