Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Todos Santos District, Carangas Province, Oruro, Bolivia

mindat Locality ID: 146707
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146707.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Todos Santos District, Carangas Province, Oruro, Bolivia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Carangas Mine (Orkho Thunko; Orcotunko)
Negrillos Mine (Pacocollo; La Plata)
Todos Santos Mine

Latitude: 18°55'51"S
Longitude: 68°39'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.930833333333,-68.659444444444

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.

Acanthite	Amorphous	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Kaolinite
Mica	None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Baryte ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Miargyrite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 C Cl Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amorphous Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Kaolinite
Mica None Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	26157	2793
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	26155	11547
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	26156	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	26155,26156	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	2	26155,26157	1382
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	26156	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	26155,26156,26157	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	26157	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	26155	5591
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	1	26157	300
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	26155	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	26155	2994
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	26156	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	2	26155,26157	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	26156	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	26155,26156,26157	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	26155,26156,26157	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2	26155,26156	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	26156	969
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	26155	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	26155	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	26155,26156,26157	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	2	26156,26157	586
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2	26155,26156	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	26156,26157	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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