Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cerro Bonete, Sud Lípez Province, Potosí, Bolivia

mindat Locality ID: 24590
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24590.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cerro Bonete, Sud Lípez Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Barrahuayco Mine (Huarrawaico)
Bolivar Mine
Bonete Mine
Herrería Mine (10 De Diciembre Mine)
La Moza Mine (Lipeña Mine; Lipeña-Lamosa Prospect)
La Salvadora Mine
Los Colorados De Bolivia Mine (Rosario I Mine)
Pampa Guadalupe Mine
Porvenir Mine
Pucasalla Mine (Pucasalle Mine; La Colorada; Cerro Pucasalla)
Rosario II Mine
San Julian Mine
Santa Rosa Mine

Latitude: 21°46'56"S
Longitude: 66°27'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.782222222222,-66.461111111111

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.

Allophane	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Feldspar	Kaolinite
Malachite	Meneghinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pavonite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Zircon

Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Benjaminite ()*	Berryite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Krupkaite ()*	Malachite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pavonite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sanidine ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Zircon ()*

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 As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Feldspar Kaolinite
Malachite Meneghinite Mica None Not in a structural group Pavonite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Zircon

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	2	26602,26606	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	5	26602,26605,26607,26610,26613	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	26602,26606	3092
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	26605,26613	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	26601,26605,26613	11547
Benjaminite ()*	Pavonite	Ag₃Bi₇S₁₂	3	26602,26607,26609	45
Berryite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₃Ag₂Pb₃Bi₇S₁₆	1	26602	50
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	6	26602,26603,26604,26605,26606,26607	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	26603	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	26605,26612	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	26604	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	7	26601,26602,26603,26604,26605,26606,26607	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	26608	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	26605	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	12	26601,26603,26604,26605,26606,26607,26608,26610,26611,26612,26613,26614	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	26602,26608	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	26605,26613	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	4	26603,26604,26614,26615	5591
Krupkaite ()*	Meneghinite	PbCuBi₃S₆	1	26602	80
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	26605,26613	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	7	26604,26605,26606,26607,26610,26612,26613	17380
Pavonite ()*	Pavonite	AgBi₃S₅	2	26602,26606	72
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	26606	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	26601,26602,26604,26605,26607,26610,26613,26615	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	10	26601,26602,26603,26605,26606,26607,26610,26611,26612,26613	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	26605	598
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	4	26602,26603,26606,26608	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	26601,26604,26606,26607,26610,26613	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	26603	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	26606,26613	5317
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	26607	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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