Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
La Joya Mining District, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia

mindat Locality ID: 158719
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158719.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Joya Mining District, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Cerro Chuquina
Cerro La Joya
Cerro Llallagua
La Barca Mine

Latitude: 17°47'3"S
Longitude: 67°28'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.784166666667,-67.470555555556

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	Alunite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Covellite	Diaspore	Enargite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite	Zinkenite

Acanthite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Enargite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Realgar ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stannite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Zinkenite ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Covellite Diaspore Enargite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite Zinkenite

35 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	26179	2793
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	26175,26179	966
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	26177	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	26177,26179	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	26175,26177,26179	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	26177	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	26177	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2	26175,26177	1935
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	2	26177,26179	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	26175	1089
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	26175	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	26175,26177	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	26175,26177,26179	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	26177	4165
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	26177	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	26175,26177,26179	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	26175	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	26175,26177,26179	30554
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	3	26175,26177,26179	784
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	26175,26177	2228
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	26175,26179	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	26175	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	26175,26177,26179,26180	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	26177,26179	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	26175,26177,26179,26180	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	26175	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	26177	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	26175	5614
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	26177	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	26175,26177,26179	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	26175	668
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	26175,26179	3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	26177	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	26175,26177	5317
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	2	26175,26179	228

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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