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


mindat Locality ID: 278840
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278840.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tolapampa, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cosuña Volcanic Complex
Cosuño Sb Deposit

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

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 F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcostibiteClayCopperEnargiteFluorite
GarnetKaoliniteMalachiteMelanteriteMicaNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculite
SphaleriteStanniteStibniteTetrahedriteWavelliteWurtziteZinkenite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Almandine  (*)Alunite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bournonite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Dickite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Famatinite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)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
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1262862793
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3226279,262802353
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6326279,26281,26286966
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)226279,262802734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2226279,262803092
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)526279,26280,26281,26284,2628611547
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3226279,262811089
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2126286162
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4326279,26281,26286651
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4326279,26280,26281910
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS4126286163
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2426279,26280,26282,262859617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12627924243
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6326280,26281,262862228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4426279,26280,26281,262865591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2226279,2628312537
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O226279,26280915
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O126279471
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2226279,262802273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2226279,2628039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2426279,26280,26283,2628661156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)326281,26284,262866417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1262865186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS426279,26281,26283,2628421482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4226279,26280586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31262863418
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13226279,262801803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13326279,26280,262845317
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O226279,26280374
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS226279,26283372
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42226279,26280228



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