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:
El Molino, Cerro Huañaquino, Potosí, Bolivia

mindat Locality ID: 251246
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-251246.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "El Molino, Cerro Huañaquino, Potosí, Bolivia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
El Molino Dredge Tailings
Miraflores Formation (stromatolite Beds)

Latitude: 19°30'51"S
Longitude: 65°48'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.514166666667,-65.811666666667

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.

Alum	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Garnet	Gypsum	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rutile

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 C Ca Fe H K O S Si Sn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alum Calcite Clay Corundum Garnet Gypsum Mica None Pyrite Quartz
Rutile

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Almandine ()*	Alum-(K) ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

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	1	26313	2353
Alum-(K) ()*	Alum	KAl(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	26314	92
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	26314	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	26313	5171
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	26314	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	26313	14640
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	26313	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	26313	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	26313	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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