Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

mindat Locality ID: 31413
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31413.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Infiernillos Mine (Canutillos Mine), Canutillos Subdistrict, Machacamarca Mining District (Colavi Mining District), Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile
Sphalerite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Augelite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bournonite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wurtzite ()*

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ba C Cu Fe H O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Bournonite Calcite Copper Corundum Diaspore None Pyrite Quartz Rutile
Sphalerite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Augelite ()*	None	Al₂(PO₄)(OH)₃	79
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1089
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050076	Infiernillos Mine (Canutillos Mine), Canutillos Subdistrict, Machacamarca Mining District (Colavi Mining District), Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosí, Bolivia	https://rruff.info/R050076

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