Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Colquechaca (Aullagas), Chayanta Province, Potosí, Bolivia

mindat Locality ID: 324
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-324.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Colquechaca (Aullagas), Chayanta Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Aliada Mine (Aliadas Mine)
Amigos Mine
Descubridora Mine
Gallofa Mine (Socavon Progreso)
Gran Poder Mine
Huaynacuchu Mine
Nueva Verdun Mine
Nueva Virginia Mine
Pumpuri Prospect
San Miguel Mine (Veta San Miguel)
Transvaal Vein

Latitude: 18°41'24"S
Longitude: 65°59'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.69,-65.996111111111

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	Allargentum	Argyrodite	Arsenic	Arsenolamprite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Chalcostibite	Copper	Cubanite	Cylindrite	Jalpaite	Löllingite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Owyheeite
Perovskite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite
Vivianite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Argentopyrite ()*	Argyrodite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Canfieldite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcostibite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Cosalite ()*
Cylindrite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*	Franckeite ()*	Galena ()*	Hocartite ()*
Jalpaite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Matildite ()*
Mckinstryite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Owyheeite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schoenfliesite ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stephanite ()*
Teallite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Vivianite ()*	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 As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe Ge H Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Ca Cl Cu Fe Ge H Mg O P Pb S Sb Sn Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allargentum Argyrodite Arsenic Arsenolamprite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Chalcostibite Copper Cubanite Cylindrite Jalpaite Löllingite Marcasite Nickeline None Owyheeite
Perovskite Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite
Vivianite Wurtzite

44 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	0		2793
Argentopyrite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃	0		53
Argyrodite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈GeS₆	0		62
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	26338	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	26335	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	26338	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	26338	1935
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	0		1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Canfieldite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈SnS₆	1	26334	91
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	3	26333,26335,26342	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Chalcostibite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuSbS₂	0		162
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	0		1382
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	1	26338	344
Cylindrite ()*	Cylindrite	FePb₃Sn₄Sb₂S₁₄	1	26339	17
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	0		180
Franckeite ()*	Cylindrite	Pb_21.7Sn_9.3Fe_4.0Sb_8.1S_56.9	1	26333	52
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	26333,26335,26342	24243
Hocartite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Ag₂FeSnS₄	0		31
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	0		116
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	0		784
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	0		762
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	26335	5674
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	1	26338	252
Mckinstryite ()*	None	Ag₅Cu₃S₄	0		51
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	0		300
Owyheeite ()*	Owyheeite	Ag₃Pb₁₀Sb₁₁S₂₈	0		89
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	0		716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	0		1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	26335	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	26335	61156
Schoenfliesite ()*	Perovskite	MgSn(OH)₆	0		10
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	26333,26342	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	0		5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	0		2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	26333	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	0		668
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	0		586
Teallite ()*	Arsenolamprite	PbSnS₂	1	26331	33
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	26335	5317
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	0		636
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	0		372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070169	Colquechaca (Aullagas), Chayanta Province, Potosí, Bolivia	https://rruff.info/R070169

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