Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Llapa Llapa Mine, Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia

mindat Locality ID: 194899
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194899.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Llapa Llapa Mine, Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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	Berthierite	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Diaspore	Fleischerite	Kaolinite	Mica
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Berthierite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Despujolsite ()*
Fleischerite ()*	Goethite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Seligmannite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Valentinite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe Ge H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu Fe Ge H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Berthierite Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Diaspore Fleischerite Kaolinite Mica
None Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	343
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Despujolsite ()*	Fleischerite	Ca₃Mn⁴⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	10
Fleischerite ()*	Fleischerite	Pb₃Ge(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	2
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Seligmannite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbAsS₃	64
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	369

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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