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Locality Name:
Chorolque Mine, Cerro Chorolque, Atocha-Quechisla Mining District, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia


mindat Locality ID: 327
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-327.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chorolque Mine, Cerro Chorolque, Atocha-Quechisla Mining District, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 20°58'"S
Longitude: 66°5'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.966666666667,-66.083333333333
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 Au Bi C Cu Fe H K Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Cu Fe H K Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenicArsenopyriteBismutiteBournoniteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayColumbite
CopperDiasporeEnargiteMatlockiteMeneghiniteMicaNickelineNonePhosphosideritePyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStanniteStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedriteTungstiteWurtzite

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Alunite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cosalite  (*)Daubréeite  (*)Enargite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hessite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Metavariscite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natroalunite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scorodite  (*)Semseyite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Strengite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Tungstite  (*)Variscite  (*)Varlamoffite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS30315
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)60966
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)0716
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS301089
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O0925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S50344
Daubréeite  (*)MatlockiteBiO(OH)013
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS40910
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)0551
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te0804
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S140784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Metavariscite  (*)PhosphosideriteAl(PO4)·2H2O027
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Natroalunite  (*)AluniteNaAl3(SO4)2(OH)60128
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S210165
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS40668
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O0263
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S0510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O0118
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O0301
Varlamoffite  (*)Rutile(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)2056
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS30297


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