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Locality Name:
Pulacayo Mine (Huanchaca Mine), Huanchaca, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia


mindat Locality ID: 332
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-332.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pulacayo Mine (Huanchaca Mine), Huanchaca, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 20°23'21"S
Longitude: 66°41'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.389166666667,-66.698055555556
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 As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClay
CopperEnargiteGeocroniteGypsumKaoliniteMarcasiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
PyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteTetrahedriteWavellite
WurtziteZinkenite

42 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Copper  (*)Diaphorite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Famatinite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Geocronite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Metastibnite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)Semseyite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Wurtzite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)60966
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)01588
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O30231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S110843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS301089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS20162
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S80126
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS40910
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS40163
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S120663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S230133
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S140784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Metastibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3087
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS20300
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)20771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S210165
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS40586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O0374
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS0372
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S420228


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