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Locality Name:
Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 416
Youngest recorded age at locality: 359

mindat Locality ID: 24876
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24876.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 48
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 37

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Agua De Castilla
Caracota District
Carguaicollo Mine (Carguaycollo Mine; Carhuaycollo Mine)
Carma Mine (Kharma Mine)
El Dragón Mine
Huanchaca
Luruma Mine
Milluri Mine
Tolapampa
Tollojchi Mine
Tolopampa
Tomave
Virgiña Mine

Latitude: 19°59'28"S
Longitude: 66°9'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.991111111111,-66.1525

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu F Fe Ge H Hg K Li Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAragoniteAramayoiteArgyroditeArsenicArsenolamprite
ArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryteBerthieriteBerylBerylloniteBismutiteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyrite
ChalcostibiteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltomeniteColumbiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovellite
CylindriteDiasporeEnargiteEpidoteFluoriteGarnetGeocroniteGypsumHydrotalciteKaolinite
LöllingiteLepidocrociteLillianiteLinariteMalachiteMandarinoiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPetrovicitePolybasitePyritePyrochlorePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
RutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteSulphurTetrahedriteTitaniteUytenbogaardtite
WatkinsoniteWavelliteWurtziteXanthoconiteZinkeniteZircon

146 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Ahlfeldite  (*)Alfredopetrovite  (*)Allophane  (*)Almandine  (*)
Alunite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Antimony  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Argyrodite  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Athabascaite  (*)
Augite  (*)Aurostibite  (*)Baryte  (*)Baumstarkite  (*)Berthierite  (*)
Bindheimite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Canfieldite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerromojonite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcomenite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chalcostibite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Cookeite  (*)
Copper  (*)Cordierite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cylindrite  (*)
Diaphorite  (*)Dickite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Eldragónite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Eskebornite  (*)Esperite  (*)Falkmanite  (*)
Famatinite  (*)Favreauite  (*)Felsőbányaite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fizélyite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Franckeite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)Fülöppite  (*)
Galena  (*)Geocronite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Grundmannite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hansblockite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Herzenbergite  (*)Hocartite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Klockmannite  (*)Krut'aite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mandarinoite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Metastibnite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Molybdomenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickeltyrrellite  (*)
Nontronite  (*)Olsacherite  (*)Opal  (*)Pearceite  (*)Penroseite  (*)
Petříčekite  (*)Petrovicite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Plagionite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)
Pyrostilpnite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Quijarroite  (*)Ramdohrite  (*)
Reevesite  (*)Rutile  (*)Safflorite  (*)Schmiederite  (*)Selenium  (*)
Semseyite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Stephanite  (*)Stibarsen  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Teallite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tiemannite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Trogtalite  (*)Umangite  (*)Uytenbogaardtite  (*)Vaesite  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Veenite  (*)Watkinsonite  (*)Wavellite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S326261,26263,262862793
Ahlfeldite  (*)CobaltomeniteNi(SeO3)·2H2O4163591262732
Alfredopetrovite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(Se4+O3)3·6H2O4163591262731
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O416359126273470
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3226279,262802353
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)64163591026269,26271,26272,26273,26275,26277,26279,26281,26286,26287966
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)416359426269,26273,26279,262802734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1262751588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2326256,26279,262803092
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb226263,26272363
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)416359226273,262753250
Argyrodite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8GeS6526256,26257,26261,26263,2626962
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3126275231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS626267,26269,26272,26275,26276,263029052
Athabascaite  (*)NoneCu5Se441635912627318
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61262752060
Aurostibite  (*)PyriteAuSb212627273
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)4163591126260,26269,26273,26275,26276,26279,26280,26281,26284,26286,2628711547
Baumstarkite  (*)AramayoiteAg3Sb3S61262616
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4126276343
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7126287450
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3426269,26271,26290,262951935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)126295716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS44163591262735516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11226263,26275843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3426269,26275,26279,262811089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)416359726258,26263,26272,26273,26275,26276,2628927770
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS612627191
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2826256,26259,26269,26270,26271,26295,26297,262995171
Cerromojonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbBiSe34163591262731
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1262564979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4126256352
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S4163591262735707
Chalcomenite  (*)NoneCu(Se4+O3)·2H2O41635912627340
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2416359526256,26272,26273,26275,2629027198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2226275,26286162
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8126302577
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl326256,26259,262651382
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe416359126273281
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)8126267181
Copper  (*)CopperCu1262753846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181262891008
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16416359126273227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS4163591262734165
Cylindrite  (*)CylindriteFePb3Sn4Sb2S14226269,2627117
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S8226263,26275126
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4326279,26281,26286651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)24163591262739895
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)126263180
Eldragónite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu6BiSe4(Se2)4163591262731
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4626275,26279,26280,26281,26287,26289910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1262898173
Eskebornite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeSe241635912627326
Esperite  (*)BeryllonitePbCa2(ZnSiO4)34163591262734
Falkmanite  (*)NonePb3Sb2S612626317
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS4226275,26286163
Favreauite  (*)NonePbBiCu6O4(SeO3)4(OH)·H2O4163591262731
Felsőbányaite  (*)NoneAl4(SO4)(OH)10·4H2O41635912627366
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)326267,26268,26301551
Fizélyite  (*)LillianiteAg5Pb14Sb21S4812625654
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2426279,26280,26282,262859617
Franckeite  (*)CylindritePb21.7Sn9.3Fe4.0Sb8.1S56.9226269,2627152
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12226263,26275663
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS3126263105
Fülöppite  (*)NonePb3Sb8S1512627255
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1026256,26257,26258,26263,26265,26269,26271,26272,26275,2627924243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S23126275133
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)416359326272,26273,262877437
Gold  (*)CopperAu416359626267,26268,26272,26273,26289,2629530554
Graphite  (*)NoneC4163591262732812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS226256,26269717
Grundmannite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiSe24163591262732
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O416359226273,262756890
Hansblockite  (*)None(Cu,Hg)(Bi,Pb)Se24163591262731
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3416359326273,26289,2629914640
Herzenbergite  (*)ArsenolampriteSnS12628935
Hocartite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteAg2FeSnS412625731
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14326275,26291,26293784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6626256,26269,26275,26280,26281,262862228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4726272,26275,26277,26279,26280,26281,262865591
Klockmannite  (*)CovelliteCu5.2Se641635912627363
Krut'aite  (*)PyriteCuSe241635912627312
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)416359126273581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2416359126273987
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2226261,26263762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4416359226273,2627514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2416359326273,26279,2628312537
Mandarinoite  (*)MandarinoiteFe3+2(Se4+O3)3·6H2O41635912627314
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2416359726264,26265,26269,26271,26273,26275,262775674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O226279,26280915
Metastibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312627587
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2226261,26275300
Molybdomenite  (*)NonePbSe4+O341635912627315
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2416359426269,26272,26273,2627517380
Nickeltyrrellite  (*)SpinelCuNi2Se44163591262731
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O126279471
Olsacherite  (*)BarytePb2(Se6+O4)(SO4)41635912627310
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1262992994
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]126257249
Penroseite  (*)Pyrite(Ni,Co,Cu)Se241635912627314
Petříčekite  (*)MarcasiteCuSe24163591262733
Petrovicite  (*)PetroviciteCu3HgPbBiSe54163591262736
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2226279,262802273
Plagionite  (*)NonePb5Sb8S17126272100
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6126269477
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]326256,26257,26261716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3126269733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3626257,26261,26263,26269,26271,262751425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24163591726256,26265,26267,26269,26271,26272,26273,26275,26276,26277,26279,26280,26291,26292,26294,26295,2630239462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2126275771
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS312626184
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8326257,26269,262719056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24163592026256,26267,26268,26269,26270,26271,26272,26273,26275,26276,26277,26279,26280,26283,26286,26287,26290,26297,26299,2630261156
Quijarroite  (*)NoneCu6HgPb2Bi4Se124163591262731
Ramdohrite  (*)LillianitePb5.9Fe0.1Mn0.1In0.1Cd0.2Ag2.8Sb10.8S2412626334
Reevesite  (*)HydrotalciteNi6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O41635912627348
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO24163591262735614
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2126276317
Schmiederite  (*)LinariteCu2Pb2(Se4+O3)(Se6+O4)(OH)441635912627313
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe416359126273143
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21326256,26263,26275165
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)416359926260,26263,26267,26269,26272,26273,26281,26284,262866417
Silver  (*)CopperAg626258,26261,26263,26275,26286,262895186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1826257,26261,26263,26265,26267,26268,26269,26271,26272,26275,26276,26279,26281,26283,26284,26292,26301,2630221482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4226269,26271668
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4626256,26261,26263,26275,26279,26280586
Stibarsen  (*)ArsenicSbAs12626348
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)226269,26272446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31326256,26262,26265,26267,26268,26269,26272,26275,26276,26277,26286,26301,263023418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1262892045
Teallite  (*)ArsenolampritePbSnS2226269,2627133
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13326275,26279,262801803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131026267,26269,26275,26276,26279,26280,26284,26293,26297,263025317
Tiemannite  (*)SphaleriteHgSe41635912627383
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O4163591262734899
Trogtalite  (*)PyriteCoSe241635912627310
Umangite  (*)NoneCu3Se241635912627371
Uytenbogaardtite  (*)UytenbogaardtiteAg3AuS212627746
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS2416359126273106
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3226269,26272369
Veenite  (*)NonePb2(Sb,As)2S51262729
Watkinsonite  (*)WatkinsonitePbCu2Bi4(Se,S)84163591262735
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O326275,26279,26280374
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS416359626269,26271,26273,26275,26279,26283372
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42426267,26275,26279,26280228
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)4163591262735251



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Hg-00003416359 Stratigraphy (host rocks)     Petrovicite, TiemanniteHg353El Dragón Mine, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia Grundmann et al. (1990) TMR21_133 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050434Carguaicollo Mine (Carguaycollo Mine; Carhuaycollo Mine), Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Boliviahttps://rruff.info/R050434
R100210El Dragón Mine, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Boliviahttps://rruff.info/R100210
R060586El Dragón Mine, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Boliviahttps://rruff.info/R060586
R110125El Dragón Mine, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Boliviahttps://rruff.info/R110125
R060239El Dragón Mine, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Boliviahttps://rruff.info/R060239
R060381El Dragón Mine, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Boliviahttps://rruff.info/R060381
R150099El Dragón Mine, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Boliviahttps://rruff.info/R150099


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