Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
264 Level, Colorada Vein, Ánimas Mine, Chocaya-Animas (Animas-Chocaya), Atocha-Quechisla Mining District, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia

mindat Locality ID: 232756
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-232756.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "264 Level, Colorada Vein, Ánimas Mine, Chocaya-Animas (Animas-Chocaya), Atocha-Quechisla Mining District, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Aramayoite	Arsenopyrite	Lillianite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Stannite	Tetrahedrite

Aramayoite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Clino-oscarkempffite ()*	Ferrokësterite ()*	Freibergite ()*
Miargyrite ()*	Oscarkempffite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Stannite ()*

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 As Bi Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Bi Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Sn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aramayoite Arsenopyrite Lillianite None Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Stannite Tetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aramayoite ()*	Aramayoite	Ag₃Sb₂(Bi,Sb)S₆	29
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Clino-oscarkempffite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₁₅Pb₆Sb₂₁Bi₁₈S₇₂	1
Ferrokësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	13
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	663
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	300
Oscarkempffite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₁₀Pb₄(Sb₁₇Bi₉)S₄₈	1
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	668

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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