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Locality Name:
San Pablo De Lípez, Sud Lípez Province, Potosí, Bolivia


mindat Locality ID: 135071
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-135071.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Pablo De Lípez, Sud Lípez Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Santa Isabel District

Latitude: 21°38'9"S
Longitude: 66°30'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.635833333333,-66.503888888889

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopper
CorundumCylindriteKaoliniteLillianiteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileSphaleriteStanniteStibniteTetrahedrite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Fizélyite  (*)
Franckeite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Opal  (*)Petzite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Semseyite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6126642966
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1266422734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1266429052
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31266421089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12664227770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21266425171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1266424979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S226640,266425707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2226640,2664227198
Fizélyite  (*)LillianiteAg5Pb14Sb21S4812664254
Franckeite  (*)CylindritePb21.7Sn9.3Fe4.0Sb8.1S56.912664252
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS226640,2664224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu12664230554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3226640,2664214640
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14126642784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6226640,266422228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4226640,266425591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)212664012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21266425674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2226640,2664217380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1266422994
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2126642409
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31266421425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2226640,2664239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2326640,26641,2664261156
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21126642165
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1266406417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1266405186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS226640,2664221482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4126642668
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31266403418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131266425317



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