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Locality Name:
Mesa De Plata Mine, San Antonio De Lípez, Sud Lípez Province, Potosí, Bolivia


mindat Locality ID: 122980
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122980.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mesa De Plata Mine, San Antonio De Lípez, Sud Lípez 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
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 Br C Ca Cd Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Bi Br C Ca Cd Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovellite
KaoliniteMarcasiteMeneghiniteMicaNonePolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
Smectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedriteWurtzite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bromargyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Saponite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS30315
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr0227
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS0717
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]0716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)01711
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O0301
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS40586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317


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