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Locality Name:
Carguaicollo Mine (Carguaycollo Mine; Carhuaycollo Mine), Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia


mindat Locality ID: 23752
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23752.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carguaicollo Mine (Carguaycollo Mine; Carhuaycollo Mine), Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Coroma River Placers
Silver Veins (Gallofa Adit; Rosario Adit)

Latitude: 19°31'"S
Longitude: 66°40'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.516666666667,-66.666666666667

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 Bi C Cd Cu Fe Ge H K O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Cd Cu Fe Ge H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArgyroditeArsenolampriteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteClayCylindriteMarcasite
MicaNickelineNonePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStannite
StibniteTetrahedriteWurtzite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Argyrodite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Canfieldite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cylindrite  (*)
Franckeite  (*)Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Teallite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Wurtzite  (*)
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)6126271966
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Argyrodite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8GeS6062
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31262711935
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS301089
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS612627191
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2226270,262715171
Cylindrite  (*)CylindriteFePb3Sn4Sb2S1412627117
Franckeite  (*)CylindritePb21.7Sn9.3Fe4.0Sb8.1S56.912627152
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12627124243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS0717
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21262715674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)60477
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS30733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31262711425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212627139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81262719056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2226270,2627161156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12627121482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4126271668
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)0446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Teallite  (*)ArsenolampritePbSnS212627133
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O30369
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS126271372



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050434Carguaicollo Mine (Carguaycollo Mine; Carhuaycollo Mine), Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Boliviahttps://rruff.info/R050434


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