Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cerro Chorolque, Atocha-Quechisla Mining District, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia

mindat Locality ID: 253290
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253290.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cerro Chorolque, Atocha-Quechisla Mining District, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Chorolque Mine
Coronación Mine

Latitude: 20°57'59"S
Longitude: 66°4'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.966388888889,-66.083055555556

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.

Alunite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Bismutite	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite
Copper	Diaspore	Enargite	Matlockite	Meneghinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Phosphosiderite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Tungstite	Wurtzite

Aikinite ()*	Alunite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bismutite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cosalite ()*	Daubréeite ()*	Enargite ()*	Ferberite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hessite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Metavariscite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scorodite ()*	Semseyite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Strengite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Tungstite ()*	Variscite ()*	Varlamoffite ()*	Wittichenite ()*

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 Bi C Cu Fe H K Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Bismutite Bournonite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite
Copper Diaspore Enargite Matlockite Meneghinite Mica Nickeline None Phosphosiderite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Tungstite Wurtzite

39 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	1	26558	315
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	26558	966
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	26558	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	26558	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	26558	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	26558	716
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	26558	1089
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	26558	5171
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	26558	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	26558	27198
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	1	26558	344
Daubréeite ()*	Matlockite	BiO(OH)	1	26558	13
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	2	26558,26559	910
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	1	26558	551
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	26558	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	26558	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	26558	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	26558	804
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	26558	784
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	26558	2228
Metavariscite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	26558	27
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	26558	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	26558	128
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	26558,26559	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	26558	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	26558	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	26558	5614
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	26558	1153
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	1	26558	165
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	26558	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	26558	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	26558	668
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	26558	263
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	26558	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	26558	5317
Tungstite ()*	Tungstite	WO₃·H₂O	1	26558	118
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	26558	301
Varlamoffite ()*	Rutile	(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)₂	1	26558	56
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	1	26558	297

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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