Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Buena Vista, Sud Lípez Province, Potosí, Bolivia

mindat Locality ID: 146910
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146910.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Buena Vista, Sud Lípez Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Buena Vista Mine (San Juan Mine)
Leoplán Mine

Latitude: 21°43'43"S
Longitude: 66°37'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.728611111111,-66.631388888889

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	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Jalpaite	Kaolinite	Lillianite	Mica
None	Orpiment	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Famatinite ()*
Fizélyite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Jalpaite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Miargyrite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Semseyite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	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 Au C Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Jalpaite Kaolinite Lillianite Mica
None Orpiment Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

22 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	26597	2793
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	26597	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	26597	1089
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	26597	27198
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	1	26597	163
Fizélyite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₅Pb₁₄Sb₂₁S₄₈	1	26597	54
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	26597,26598	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	26597	30554
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	1	26597	116
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	26597	5591
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	1	26597	300
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	26597	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	26597	511
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	26597	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	26597	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	26597	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	26597	712
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	1	26597	165
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	26597	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	26597,26598	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	26597,26598	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	26597,26598	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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