Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 338
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-338.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 19°22'18"S
Longitude: 65°31'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.371666666667,-65.524444444444

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.

Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Lazulite	None	Pyrite	Pyrochlore
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite	Zinkenite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Augelite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Diaphorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Lazulite ()*	Oxyplumboroméite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Valentinite ()*	Vivianite ()*
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 C Cl Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcanthite Lazulite None Pyrite Pyrochlore
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Vivianite Zinkenite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Augelite ()*	None	Al₂(PO₄)(OH)₃	79
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	450
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1089
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	925
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1382
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	126
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	663
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	784
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	232
Oxyplumboroméite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb₂O₇	33
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	369
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	636
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	228

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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