Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Daniel Campos Province, Potosí, Bolivia

mindat Locality ID: 125480
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-125480.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Daniel Campos Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
San Pablo De Napa

Latitude: 20°31'32"S
Longitude: 68°33'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.525555555556,-68.563055555556

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.

Allophane	Alum	Alunite	Amorphous	Chalcanthite	Clay	Coquimbite	Covellite	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Melanterite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Sulphur

Alum-(K) ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Coquimbite ()*
Covellite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Opal ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosickýite ()*	Sulphur ()*

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 Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alum Alunite Amorphous Chalcanthite Clay Coquimbite Covellite Gypsum Kaolinite
Melanterite None Not in a structural group Quartz Sulphur

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alum-(K) ()*	Alum	KAl(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	26410	92
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	26410	1588
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	26410	925
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	26410	3531
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	1	26410	136
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	26410	4165
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	26410	6890
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	26410	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	26411	5591
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	26410	915
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	26410,26411	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	26410,26411	61156
Rosickýite ()*	None	S	1	26410	22
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	26410,26411	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060528	El Desierto Mine, San Pablo De Napa, Daniel Campos Province, Potosí, Bolivia	https://rruff.info/R060528
R061060	El Desierto Mine, San Pablo De Napa, Daniel Campos Province, Potosí, Bolivia	https://rruff.info/R061060

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