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


mindat Locality ID: 299060
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-299060.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Canutillos Subdistrict, Machacamarca Mining District (Colavi Mining District), Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Grupo Porvenir Mines
Huayllani
Infiernillos Mine (Canutillos Mine)
Kaiser Mine
María Mine (Socavón María)
Socavón Cordova
Tomokoni Mine

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 Ba Bi C Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicBaryteBournoniteCalciteCopperCorundumDiasporeHopeiteNonePhosphophyllite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSulphurSymplesiteTetrahedriteVivianiteWurtzite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Augelite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bournonite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hopeite  (*)Metavivianite  (*)
Phosphophyllite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vivianite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
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)312637679
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)226376,2638011547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1263771966
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31263761089
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2326370,26376,263785171
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl1263721382
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1263767437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3226376,2638014640
Hopeite  (*)HopeiteZn3(PO4)2·4H2O12637329
Metavivianite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O12637326
Phosphophyllite  (*)PhosphophylliteZn2Fe2+(PO4)2·4H2O12637329
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2326370,26376,2637839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2226376,2638061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)226376,263806417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1263765186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS326370,26376,2637821482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1263762045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131263765317
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O126380636
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS126376372


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050076Infiernillos Mine (Canutillos Mine), Canutillos Subdistrict, Machacamarca Mining District (Colavi Mining District), Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosí, Boliviahttps://rruff.info/R050076

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