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Locality Name:
Churata District, Caiza D Municipality, Nor Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia


mindat Locality ID: 190852
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-190852.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Churata District, Caiza D Municipality, Nor Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Churata Mine
Jupichoque Mine
Mollepunku Mine
Unnamed Hot Springs
Veta Montecristo (Monte Cristo Mine)

Latitude: 20°31'28"S
Longitude: 65°39'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.524444444444,-65.65
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: As Ba C Ca Fe H K O S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba Fe H O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBaryteCalciteColumbiteNonePyriteQuartzSphaleriteStibniteSulphur

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12644427770
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)226441,26445551
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61264442228
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212644539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2226441,2644561156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS226441,2644521482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3226441,264453418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1264442045


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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