Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Buena Vista Mine (San Juan Mine), Buena Vista, Sud Lípez Province, Potosí, Bolivia

mindat Locality ID: 146911
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146911.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Buena Vista Mine (San Juan Mine), Buena Vista, Sud Lípez Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 21°43'33"S
Longitude: 66°37'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.725833333333,-66.630555555556

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: Ag Al As Au C Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn

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 localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1089
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	163
Fizélyite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₅Pb₁₄Sb₂₁S₄₈	54
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	116
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	300
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	511
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	712
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	165
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...