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:
Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosí, Bolivia

mindat Locality ID: 31553
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31553.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 41
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 33

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Machacamarca Mining District (Colavi Mining District)

Latitude: 19°20'41"S
Longitude: 65°31'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.344722222222,-65.532777777778

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Amorphous	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Hopeite	Kaolinite	Lazulite	Marcasite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Phosphophyllite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Symplesite	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite	Wurtzite	Zinkenite

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 Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amorphous Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Hopeite Kaolinite Lazulite Marcasite Mica
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Phosphophyllite Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Sulphur Symplesite Tetrahedrite Vivianite Wurtzite Zinkenite

57 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Asbolane ()*	Augelite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Bismite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Diaphorite ()*	Dickite ()*
Freibergite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Heterogenite ()*
Hocartite ()*	Hopeite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Kësterite ()*	Lazulite ()*
Ludlamite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Metavivianite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Oxyplumboroméite ()*	Phosphophyllite ()*	Plumbogummite ()*	Plumosite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scorzalite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Valentinite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Wulfenite ()*
Wurtzite ()*	Zinkenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	26387,26396	2793
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	26367	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	26391	9052
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O	1	26407	143
Augelite ()*	None	Al₂(PO₄)(OH)₃	4	26376,26384,26391,26396	79
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	7	26376,26380,26383,26384,26391,26393,26395	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	2	26391,26396	450
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	1	26383	214
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2	26377,26383	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	26383	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	26384	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	4	26376,26387,26391,26396	1089
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	12	26370,26376,26378,26382,26383,26384,26386,26393,26395,26399,26403,26404	5171
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	26391	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	26396	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	26367,26384,26387,26392,26396,26403	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	3	26372,26390,26391	1382
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	1	26383	344
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	1	26391	126
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	26383	651
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	3	26387,26391,26396	663
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	26383	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	26376,26383	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	26376,26380,26383,26384	14640
Heterogenite ()*	None	Co³⁺O(OH)	1	26407	111
Hocartite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Ag₂FeSnS₄	1	26383	31
Hopeite ()*	Hopeite	Zn₃(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	26373	29
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	6	26384,26387,26391,26396,26399,26403	784
Kësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂ZnSnS₄	1	26383	82
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	26391	232
Ludlamite ()*	None	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	26383	66
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	26383	5674
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	26407	443
Metavivianite ()*	Symplesite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	26373	26
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	26383	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	26383	2994
Oxyplumboroméite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb₂O₇	1	26391	33
Phosphophyllite ()*	Phosphophyllite	Zn₂Fe²⁺(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	26373	29
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	26386	170
Plumosite ()*	None	Pb₂Sb₂S₅	1	26392	18
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	26367	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	12	26370,26376,26378,26383,26384,26387,26391,26393,26395,26396,26397,26399	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	3	26391,26399,26403	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	26367,26384	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	11	26376,26380,26383,26384,26387,26391,26393,26395,26396,26399,26403	61156
Scorzalite ()*	Lazulite	Fe²⁺Al₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	26384	60
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	9	26376,26380,26383,26384,26391,26393,26395,26397,26403	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	26376,26384	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	11	26367,26370,26376,26378,26384,26387,26391,26392,26396,26399,26403	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	2	26367,26403	668
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	26376	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	6	26376,26383,26386,26391,26396,26399	5317
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	2	26383,26391	369
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	3	26380,26383,26391	636
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	26403	1655
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	1	26376	372
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	3	26387,26391,26396	228

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
R050060	Machacamarca Subdistrict, Machacamarca Mining District (Colavi Mining District), Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosí, Bolivia	https://rruff.info/R050060

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