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Locality Name:
Chocaya-Animas (Animas-Chocaya), Atocha-Quechisla Mining District, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia


mindat Locality ID: 262154
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-262154.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chocaya-Animas (Animas-Chocaya), Atocha-Quechisla Mining District, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Ánimas Mine
Chocaya Mine
Gran Chocaya Mine
Guadaloupe Mine
Oploca Mine
Siete Suyos Mine

Latitude: 20°56'51"S
Longitude: 66°17'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.9475,-66.295833333333

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cu Fe Ge H K O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAramayoiteArgyroditeArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
CopperCylindriteGypsumKobelliteLöllingiteLillianiteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNone
OwyheeitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteTetrahedrite
WavelliteWurtziteZinkenite

48 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aramayoite  (*)Argyrodite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augelite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Baumstarkite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Canfieldite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clino-oscarkempffite  (*)
Diaphorite  (*)Ferrokësterite  (*)Fizélyite  (*)Franckeite  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hocartite  (*)Izoklakeite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Oscarkempffite  (*)Owyheeite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramdohrite  (*)Semseyite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Wavellite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1265642734
Aramayoite  (*)AramayoiteAg3Sb2(Bi,Sb)S6326561,26563,2656429
Argyrodite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8GeS6226561,2656462
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS426561,26563,26564,265689052
Augelite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)(OH)312656179
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)12656411547
Baumstarkite  (*)AramayoiteAg3Sb3S61265646
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1265641966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3226561,265641935
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11226567,26568843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3226564,265681089
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS6226561,2656691
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2326561,26564,265685171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2326561,26564,2656827198
Clino-oscarkempffite  (*)LillianiteAg15Pb6Sb21Bi18S721265631
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S8126561126
Ferrokësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS412656313
Fizélyite  (*)LillianiteAg5Pb14Sb21S4812656154
Franckeite  (*)CylindritePb21.7Sn9.3Fe4.0Sb8.1S56.9326561,26564,2656752
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12426561,26563,26564,26568663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS426561,26564,26567,2656824243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1265616890
Hocartite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteAg2FeSnS4426561,26564,26565,2656831
Izoklakeite  (*)KobellitePb26.4(Cu,Fe)2(Sb,Bi)19.6S5712656425
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14226561,26564784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61265642228
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2126561762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412656414899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2226561,265645674
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2326561,26563,26564300
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212656417380
Oscarkempffite  (*)LillianiteAg10Pb4(Sb17Bi9)S481265631
Owyheeite  (*)OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S2812656189
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3326563,26564,265651425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2426561,26563,26564,2656839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81265649056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2426561,26563,26564,2656861156
Ramdohrite  (*)LillianitePb5.9Fe0.1Mn0.1In0.1Cd0.2Ag2.8Sb10.8S24326561,26564,2656834
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21126567165
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)326561,26564,265686417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1265685186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS326561,26564,2656821482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4426561,26563,26564,26568668
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4126561586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13326561,26564,265685317
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O226561,26564374
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS326561,26564,26567372
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42126561228



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R061071Ánimas Mine, Chocaya-Animas (Animas-Chocaya), Atocha-Quechisla Mining District, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Boliviahttps://rruff.info/R061071
R110001Chocaya Mine, Chocaya-Animas (Animas-Chocaya), Atocha-Quechisla Mining District, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Boliviahttps://rruff.info/R110001


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