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Locality Name:
Cerro Chuquina, La Joya Mining District, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia


mindat Locality ID: 275888
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275888.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cerro Chuquina, La Joya Mining District, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kori Kollu Mine (Inti Raymi Mine; Kori Kollo Mine)

Latitude: 17°48'9"S
Longitude: 67°27'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.8025,-67.45
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: Al As Au Bi Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenopyriteBournoniteChalcopyriteClayCopperDiasporeMarcasiteMicaNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStanniteStibniteTetrahedriteZinkenite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6126175966
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1261759052
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31261751935
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31261751089
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21261755171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1261755707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212617527198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12617524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1261757437
Gold  (*)CopperAu12617530554
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14126175784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61261752228
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21261755674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212617517380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212617539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212617561156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS126175712
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21261755614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12617521482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4126175668
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31261753418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131261755317
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42126175228


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