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:
Colorada Vein, Ánimas Mine, Chocaya-Animas (Animas-Chocaya), Atocha-Quechisla Mining District, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia

mindat Locality ID: 275344
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275344.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Colorada Vein, Ánimas Mine, Chocaya-Animas (Animas-Chocaya), Atocha-Quechisla Mining District, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
264 Level

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Aramayoite	Arsenopyrite	Lillianite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Stannite	Tetrahedrite

Aramayoite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Clino-oscarkempffite ()*	Ferrokësterite ()*	Freibergite ()*
Miargyrite ()*	Oscarkempffite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Stannite ()*

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 As Bi Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aramayoite Arsenopyrite Lillianite None Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Stannite Tetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aramayoite ()*	Aramayoite	Ag₃Sb₂(Bi,Sb)S₆	1	26563	29
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	26563	9052
Clino-oscarkempffite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₁₅Pb₆Sb₂₁Bi₁₈S₇₂	1	26563	1
Ferrokësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	26563	13
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	26563	663
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	1	26563	300
Oscarkempffite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₁₀Pb₄(Sb₁₇Bi₉)S₄₈	1	26563	1
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	26563	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	26563	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	26563	61156
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	26563	668

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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