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Locality Name:
Monserrat-Antequera Mining District, Pazña, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia


mindat Locality ID: 14515
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14515.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monserrat-Antequera Mining District, Pazña, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Antequera Mine (Tihua Mines)
Avicaya Mines (Totoral Mines)
Bolivar Mine (Antequera Mine)
Colón Placers
El Salvador Mines (Antequera Mine)
Ichocollo Mine (Ichucollo Mine; Monserrat Mine)
Venus Mines

Latitude: 18°26'49"S
Longitude: 66°53'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.446944444444,-66.893611111111

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 Bi C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenolampriteArsenopyriteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCylindriteDiasporeFluoriteKaolinite
MarcasiteMicaNickelineNonePavonitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphalerite
StanniteVivianiteWurtziteZinkenite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Franckeite  (*)Galena  (*)Gibbsite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pavonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Teallite  (*)Varlamoffite  (*)
Vivianite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6226228,26233966
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS226228,262339052
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31262331089
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2726227,26228,26229,26230,26231,26232,262335171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2226228,2623327198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21262339895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21262289617
Franckeite  (*)CylindritePb21.7Sn9.3Fe4.0Sb8.1S56.912623352
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS426227,26231,26232,2623324243
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3126228504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1262337437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS126227717
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14326227,26229,26233784
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4226228,262335591
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21262335674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212623317380
Pavonite  (*)PavoniteAgBi3S512622772
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2526227,26228,26231,26232,2623339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8226228,262339056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2226228,2623361156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)326228,26232,262336417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS626227,26228,26229,26231,26232,2623321482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4526227,26228,26229,26231,26233668
Teallite  (*)ArsenolampritePbSnS2426227,26231,26232,2623333
Varlamoffite  (*)Rutile(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)2226233,2623456
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O226228,26233636
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS426227,26231,26232,26233372
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42126227228



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