Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Caracota District, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia

mindat Locality ID: 191106
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191106.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Caracota District, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Caracota Mine (Santa Teresita Mine)
Coricoya Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite
Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	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: Al As Au C Cu Fe H Li O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chlorite Clay Columbite Copper None Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite
Stibnite Tetrahedrite Zinkenite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Cookeite ()*	Ferberite ()*	Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Zinkenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	26267	9052
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	1	26267	181
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	2	26267,26268	551
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	26267,26268	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	26267	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	26267,26268	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	26267	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	26267,26268	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	26267,26268	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	26267	5317
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	1	26267	228

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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