Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Turco, Carangas Province, Oruro, Bolivia

mindat Locality ID: 284244
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-284244.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Turco, Carangas Province, Oruro, Bolivia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Cuprita Mine

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

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Allophane	Aragonite	Copper	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz

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 C Cu H O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Copper Malachite None Not in a structural group Quartz

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*
Malachite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	26159	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	26159	5707
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	26159	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	26159	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	26159	2970
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	26159	12537
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	26159	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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