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:
Cordillera Kari-Kari, Potosí City, Potosí, Bolivia

mindat Locality ID: 19601
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19601.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cordillera Kari-Kari, Potosí City, Potosí, Bolivia": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Carandaiti Mine
Illimani Mine
Lord Byron Mine
Masuni

Latitude: 19°35'31"S
Longitude: 65°40'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.591944444444,-65.672777777778

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.

Beryl	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Almandine ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cordierite ()*	Epidote ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H Mg O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite
Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		2353
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	26527	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	26527	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	26526,26528	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	26527	27198
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	0		1008
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	26527	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	26527,26529	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	26527	5591
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	26527	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	26529	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	26526,26527	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2	26527,26529	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	26527	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	26528	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	26529	586

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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