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


mindat Locality ID: 277084
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277084.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
San Pablo Mine (Carmen Mine)

Latitude: 17°46'49"S
Longitude: 67°30'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.780277777778,-67.505
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: As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteEnargiteNickeline
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteWurtzite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1261772734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21261773092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1261779052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)12617711547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1261771966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31261771935
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11126177843
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1261775707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212617727198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1261774165
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4126177910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12617724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu12617730554
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14126177784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61261772228
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212617739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81261779056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212617761156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1261771711
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1261771153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12617721482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131261771803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131261775317


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