Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Atocha-Quechisla Mining District, Nor Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia

mindat Locality ID: 39810
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39810.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Atocha-Quechisla Mining District, Nor Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Cerro Tazna

Latitude: 20°37'59"S
Longitude: 66°18'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.633055555556,-66.316111111111

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.

Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Columbite	Copper	Diaspore	Dumortierite	Marcasite	Matlockite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyrochlore
Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Talc	Topaz	Tungstite
Vivianite	Wavellite	Zircon

Alunite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Antimony ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augelite ()*
Bindheimite ()*	Bismite ()*	Bismoclite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bismutite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cervantite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Daubréeite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dumortierite ()*
Ferberite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Gold ()*	Hydrokenoelsmoreite ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Preisingerite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*	Topaz ()*
Tungstite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Wavellite ()*	Waylandite ()*	Woodhouseite ()*
Zircon ()*	Zunyite ()*

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: Al As Au B Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Andalusite Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Bismutite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay
Columbite Copper Diaspore Dumortierite Marcasite Matlockite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyrochlore
Pyrophyllite Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Sulphur Talc Topaz Tungstite
Vivianite Wavellite Zircon

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	1	26438	966
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	26438	1310
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	1	26437	363
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	26434,26438	9052
Augelite ()*	None	Al₂(PO₄)(OH)₃	2	26434,26438	79
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	1	26434	450
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	2	26434,26438	214
Bismoclite ()*	Matlockite	BiOCl	2	26434,26438	71
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2	26434,26438	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	3	26434,26436,26438	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	2	26434,26438	716
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	26434,26438	5171
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	1	26437	352
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	26438	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	26438	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	26438	27198
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	1	26438	344
Daubréeite ()*	Matlockite	BiO(OH)	2	26434,26435	13
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	26438	481
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	1	26438	231
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	3	26434,26436,26438	551
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	26434,26438	2740
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	26434,26438	30554
Hydrokenoelsmoreite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂W₂O₆(H₂O)	1	26436	57
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	2	26434,26438	784
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	26434	2228
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	26438	5674
Preisingerite ()*	None	Bi₃O(AsO₄)₂(OH)	1	26438	53
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	26434,26438	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	26438	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	26438	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	26434,26438	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	26438	5614
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	26436	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	26434,26438	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	26434,26438	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	26438	668
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	26438	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	26438	3337
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	26438	1476
Tungstite ()*	Tungstite	WO₃·H₂O	2	26434,26436	118
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	26434,26438	636
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	26438	374
Waylandite ()*	Alunite	BiAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	26434	31
Woodhouseite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1	26438	62
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	26438	5251
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	1	26438	86

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060963	Tazna Mine (Tasna Mine; Tazna-Rosario Mine), Cerro Tazna, Atocha-Quechisla Mining District, Nor Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia	https://rruff.info/R060963

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