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Locality Name:
Poopó Town, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia


mindat Locality ID: 350
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-350.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Poopó Town, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
San Francisco Mine
Santa Cruz Mine

Latitude: 18°22'59"S
Longitude: 66°58'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.383055555556,-66.966666666667
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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe Ge H Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousApatiteArgyroditeArsenolampriteBaryteCalciteCopperCylindriteEpsomiteNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteTetrahedriteVivianite
WurtziteZinkenite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Argyrodite  (*)Baryte  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cylindrite  (*)Epsomite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Franckeite  (*)Galena  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Kermesite  (*)
Metastibnite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodostannite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Teallite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vivianite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Argyrodite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8GeS6062
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21262375171
Cylindrite  (*)CylindriteFePb3Sn4Sb2S14226236,2623717
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O0484
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1262362740
Franckeite  (*)CylindritePb21.7Sn9.3Fe4.0Sb8.1S56.9226236,2623752
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12623724243
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14226236,26237784
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS2226236,26237230
Metastibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312623687
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31262361425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2226236,2623739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2226236,2623761156
Rhodostannite  (*)SpinelCu1+(Fe2+0.5Sn4+1.5)S412623710
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS226236,2623721482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS40668
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Teallite  (*)ArsenolampritePbSnS2033
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O0636
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS126237372
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42226236,26237228


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