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Locality Name:
Colavi Subdistrict, Machacamarca Mining District (Colavi Mining District), Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosí, Bolivia


mindat Locality ID: 299059
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-299059.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Colavi Subdistrict, Machacamarca Mining District (Colavi Mining District), Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Cheraque Mine (Chiaraque Mine)
Colavi Mine
Estaño Orcko Mine (Estaño Orkho Mine)
Mondragón Mine

Latitude: 19°19'8"S
Longitude: 65°32'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.318888888889,-65.541666666667
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 Ba Bi C Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousArsenicBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeKaolinite
LazuliteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRutileSphaleriteStannite
StibniteTetrahedriteVivianite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Augelite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Dickite  (*)
Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hocartite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Kësterite  (*)Ludlamite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scorzalite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Valentinite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augelite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)(OH)312638479
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)226383,2638411547
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3126383214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1263831966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31263831935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41263845516
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2326382,26383,263845171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212638427198
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5126383344
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4126383651
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3126383504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1263837437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3226383,2638414640
Hocartite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteAg2FeSnS412638331
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14126384784
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS412638382
Ludlamite  (*)NoneFe2+3(PO4)2·4H2O12638366
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21263835674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212638317380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1263832994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2226383,2638439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81263849056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2226383,2638461156
Scorzalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)212638460
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)226383,263846417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1263845186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12638421482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131263835317
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3126383369
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O126383636


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