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Locality Name:
Huanchaca, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia


mindat Locality ID: 277967
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277967.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Huanchaca, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Pulacayo Mine (Huanchaca Mine)

Latitude: 20°23'20"S
Longitude: 66°41'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.388888888889,-66.697777777778
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClay
CopperEnargiteGeocroniteGypsumKaoliniteMarcasiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
PyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteTetrahedriteWavellite
WurtziteZinkenite

42 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Copper  (*)Diaphorite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Famatinite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Geocronite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Metastibnite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)Semseyite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)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
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6126275966
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1262751588
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1262753250
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3126275231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1262759052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61262752060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)12627511547
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11126275843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31262751089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12627527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212627527198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2126275162
Copper  (*)CopperCu1262753846
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S8126275126
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4126275910
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS4126275163
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12126275663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12627524243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S23126275133
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1262756890
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14126275784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61262752228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41262755591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412627514899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21262755674
Metastibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312627587
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2126275300
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212627517380
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31262751425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212627539462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2126275771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212627561156
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21126275165
Silver  (*)CopperAg1262755186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12627521482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4126275586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31262753418
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131262751803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131262755317
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O126275374
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS126275372
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42126275228


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