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Locality Name:
Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia

mindat Locality ID: 33800
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33800.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Callipampa
Coriviri Mining District
Pazña
Poopó Town

Latitude: 18°24'53"S
Longitude: 66°55'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.414722222222,-66.93

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.

Amorphous	Apatite	Argyrodite	Arsenic	Arsenolamprite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bismutite	Bournonite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Cylindrite	Diaspore	Epsomite	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Pavonite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite
Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite	Wurtzite	Zinkenite

Alunite ()*	Argyrodite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cylindrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Franckeite ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Greenockite ()*	Herzenbergite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kermesite ()*
Ludlamite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Metastibnite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*
Pavonite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodostannite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Teallite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Varlamoffite ()*	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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cu F Fe Ge H K Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H O P

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Apatite Argyrodite Arsenic Arsenolamprite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bismutite Bournonite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Cylindrite Diaspore Epsomite Fluorite Kaolinite Marcasite Mica
Nickeline None Pavonite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stannite
Stibnite Tetrahedrite Vivianite Wurtzite Zinkenite

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	26228,26233	966
Argyrodite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈GeS₆	1	26235	62
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	26223,26228,26233	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	26235	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	26223	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	26223	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	26223	716
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	26233	1089
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	13	26221,26222,26223,26226,26227,26228,26229,26230,26231,26232,26233,26235,26237	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	26228,26233	27198
Cylindrite ()*	Cylindrite	FePb₃Sn₄Sb₂S₁₄	4	26222,26235,26236,26237	17
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	26233	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	26235	484
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	26235,26236	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	26228	9617
Franckeite ()*	Cylindrite	Pb_21.7Sn_9.3Fe_4.0Sb_8.1S_56.9	5	26222,26233,26235,26236,26237	52
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7	26221,26222,26227,26231,26232,26233,26237	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	26228	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	26233	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	26223,26224	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	26227	717
Herzenbergite ()*	Arsenolamprite	SnS	1	26221	35
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	7	26222,26227,26229,26233,26235,26236,26237	784
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	26228,26233	5591
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂	3	26235,26236,26237	230
Ludlamite ()*	None	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	0		66
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	26233	5674
Metastibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	26236	87
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	26233	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	26235	2994
Pavonite ()*	Pavonite	AgBi₃S₅	1	26227	72
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	26236	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	10	26221,26222,26223,26227,26228,26231,26232,26233,26236,26237	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	26223,26228,26233	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	26223,26228,26233,26236,26237	61156
Rhodostannite ()*	Spinel	Cu¹⁺(Fe²⁺_0.5Sn⁴⁺_1.5)S₄	1	26237	10
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6	26221,26222,26228,26232,26233,26235	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	26235	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	10	26221,26222,26227,26228,26229,26231,26232,26233,26236,26237	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	6	26227,26228,26229,26231,26233,26235	668
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	26235	3418
Teallite ()*	Arsenolamprite	PbSnS₂	6	26221,26227,26231,26232,26233,26235	33
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	26235	5317
Varlamoffite ()*	Rutile	(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)₂	2	26233,26234	56
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	3	26228,26233,26235	636
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	8	26221,26222,26227,26231,26232,26233,26235,26237	372
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	3	26227,26236,26237	228

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050175	Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia	https://rruff.info/R050175
R050329	Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia	https://rruff.info/R050329
R050431	Trinacria Mine, Callipampa, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia	https://rruff.info/R050431
R060005	Trinacria Mine, Callipampa, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia	https://rruff.info/R060005

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