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Locality Name:
Tatasí, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia


mindat Locality ID: 362
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-362.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tatasí, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Tusti And Aranzasu Veins

Latitude: 21°38'4"S
Longitude: 67°55'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.634444444444,-67.916666666667

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 Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H In K Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteAragoniteArgyroditeArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
ColumbiteCopperCylindriteLillianiteNickelineNonePolybasitePyritePyrophylliteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteStanniteStibniteTetrahedriteVivianiteWurtziteXanthoconite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alunite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augelite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Canfieldite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fizélyite  (*)Franckeite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hocartite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrostilpnite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Ramdohrite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stannite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Vivianite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)60966
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Augelite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)(OH)3079
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S110843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS301089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS6091
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)0551
Fizélyite  (*)LillianiteAg5Pb14Sb21S48054
Franckeite  (*)CylindritePb21.7Sn9.3Fe4.0Sb8.1S56.9052
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Hocartite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteAg2FeSnS4031
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS20300
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]0716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31265921425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212659239462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)20771
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS312659284
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Ramdohrite  (*)LillianitePb5.9Fe0.1Mn0.1In0.1Cd0.2Ag2.8Sb10.8S24034
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1265926417
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS40668
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS40586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131265925317
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3126592369
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O0636
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS0372



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