Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Machacamarca Subdistrict, Machacamarca Mining District (Colavi Mining District), Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosí, Bolivia

mindat Locality ID: 189793
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189793.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Machacamarca Subdistrict, Machacamarca Mining District (Colavi Mining District), Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Angustias Mine (Angustias Veins)
Bertha Mine
Contravientos Mine (Contraviento Mine)
Esperanza Mine
Machacamarca Mine
Ñañitay Mine
Providencia Mine
San Martín Mine
Sección Estañífera
Viboras Mine

Latitude: 19°22'17"S
Longitude: 65°31'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.371388888889,-65.524166666667

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Lazulite
None	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite	Zinkenite

Acanthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augelite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bindheimite ()*
Bournonite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Diaphorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Lazulite ()*
Oxyplumboroméite ()*	Plumbogummite ()*	Plumosite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Valentinite ()*
Vivianite ()*	Zinkenite ()*

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 Cl Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H O P Pb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Apatite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Lazulite
None Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Vivianite Zinkenite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	26387,26396	2793
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	26391	9052
Augelite ()*	None	Al₂(PO₄)(OH)₃	2	26391,26396	79
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	26391,26393,26395	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	2	26391,26396	450
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	3	26387,26391,26396	1089
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	26393,26395	5171
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	26391	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	26396	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	26387,26392,26396	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	2	26390,26391	1382
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	1	26391	126
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	3	26387,26391,26396	663
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	3	26387,26391,26396	784
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	26391	232
Oxyplumboroméite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb₂O₇	1	26391	33
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	0		170
Plumosite ()*	None	Pb₂Sb₂S₅	1	26392	18
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	26387,26391,26393,26395,26396	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	26391	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	26387,26391,26393,26395,26396	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	26391,26393,26395	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	26387,26391,26392,26396	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	26391,26396	5317
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	1	26391	369
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	26391	636
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	3	26387,26391,26396	228

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050060	Machacamarca Subdistrict, Machacamarca Mining District (Colavi Mining District), Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosí, Bolivia	https://rruff.info/R050060

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