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


mindat Locality ID: 278181
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278181.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
San Andrés Mine

Latitude: 17°46'11"S
Longitude: 67°27'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.769722222222,-67.457222222222
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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCopperMarcasiteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteStibniteZinkenite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alunite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1261792793
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6126179966
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21261793092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1261799052
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11126179843
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212617927198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12617924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu12617930554
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14126179784
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21261795674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212617939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81261799056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212617961156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12617921482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31261793418
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42126179228


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