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Locality Name:
Cosuña Volcanic Complex, Tolapampa, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia


mindat Locality ID: 146286
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146286.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cosuña Volcanic Complex, Tolapampa, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
10 De Abril Mine
Cerro Pocanita (Las Pocanitas)
Cerro Wila Nasa
Don Oscar Prospect
Pocalleta Cut (Recorte Pocalleta)
Villa Anta

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBaryteBournoniteCalciteClayEnargiteFluoriteGarnetKaoliniteMalachite
MelanteriteMicaNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteTetrahedriteWavellite
WurtziteZinkenite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Alunite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Dickite  (*)Enargite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Nontronite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stephanite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wavellite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31262802353
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6126281966
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1262802734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21262803092
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)326280,26281,2628411547
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31262811089
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4126281651
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4226280,26281910
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2326280,26282,262859617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6226280,262812228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4226280,262815591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)212628312537
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O126280915
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O0471
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21262802273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212628039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2226280,2628361156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)226281,262846417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS326281,26283,2628421482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4126280586
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131262801803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13226280,262845317
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O126280374
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS126283372
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42126280228


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