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Locality Name:
Chuquisaca, Bolivia


mindat Locality ID: 125473
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-125473.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chuquisaca, Bolivia": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Cinti Province
Faldahuasi District
Oropeza Province
Sucre
Sud Cinti Province
Yamparaez Province

Latitude: 20°55'13"S
Longitude: 65°5'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.920277777778,-65.084444444444

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: Al Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H Hg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAnalcimeAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumFeldsparLinarite
NatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteWurtzite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Anorthite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Linarite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1257321627
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1257311036
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)225716,2572011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12571027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1257144979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212571427198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1257323531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1257102600
Copper  (*)CopperCu1257323846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1257322970
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS925712,25714,25716,25717,25718,25719,25720,25721,2573324243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS125714717
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1257241398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312572714640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61257161066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31257315433
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2225716,25717987
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1257321236
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212571439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2525710,25714,25719,25720,2572161156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)325716,25719,257206417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS725712,25714,25716,25718,25719,25721,2573321482



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