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:
Amayapampa Gold Belt, Rafael Bustillo, Potosí, Bolivia

mindat Locality ID: 272104
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-272104.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Amayapampa Gold Belt, Rafael Bustillo, Potosí, Bolivia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Amayapampa Mine
Cebadillos Mine
Chuquiuta Mine (Chuquihuta)
Chuquiuta River Alluvial Workings
Irpairpa Mine
Santa Rosa De Capacirca Mine (Capasirca Mine; Capa Sirca)

Latitude: 18°33'12"S
Longitude: 66°23'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.553333333333,-66.389722222222

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite

Alunite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dickite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Kaolinite Mica None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	26533	966
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	26533	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	26533	11547
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	26533	27198
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	26533	651
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	26533	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	26533,26534,26537,26538	30554
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	26533	784
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	26533	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	26533	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	26533,26534,26537,26538	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	26533	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	26533	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	26533	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	4	26533,26534,26537,26538	3418

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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