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Locality Name:
Maragua, Chayanta Province, Potosí, Bolivia


mindat Locality ID: 134871
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134871.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maragua, Chayanta Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cerro Malmisa
Cerro Vicuña
Maragua River

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: Ba C Cu Fe Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicBaryteCalciteCorundumMarcasiteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileSphaleriteStanniteTetrahedriteWurtzite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Antimony  (*)Baryte  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Galena  (*)
Hematite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS126351312
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb126352363
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)12635411547
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21263495171
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12635424243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312634914640
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21263545674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21263495800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2226349,2635439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81263519056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2226349,2635461156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1263511711
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS226351,2635421482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4126354668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131263545317
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS126354372


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