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Locality Name:
San Pablo De Napa, Daniel Campos Province, Potosí, Bolivia


mindat Locality ID: 193788
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193788.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Pablo De Napa, Daniel Campos Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
El Desierto Mine
San Pablo De Napa Mine

Latitude: 20°31'33"S
Longitude: 68°33'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.525833333333,-68.563333333333

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: Al Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAlumAluniteAmorphousChalcanthiteClayCoquimbiteCovelliteGypsumKaolinite
MelanteriteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzSulphur

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Alum-(K)  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Coquimbite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Opal  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosickýite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alum-(K)  (*)AlumKAl(SO4)2·12H2O12641092
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1264101588
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O126410925
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1264103531
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O126410136
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1264104165
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1264106890
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61264102228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41264115591
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O126410915
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O226410,264112994
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2226410,2641161156
Rosickýite  (*)NoneS12641022
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS226410,264112045



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060528El Desierto Mine, San Pablo De Napa, Daniel Campos Province, Potosí, Boliviahttps://rruff.info/R060528
R061060El Desierto Mine, San Pablo De Napa, Daniel Campos Province, Potosí, Boliviahttps://rruff.info/R061060


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