Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tazna Mine (Tasna Mine; Tazna-Rosario Mine), Cerro Tazna, Atocha-Quechisla Mining District, Nor Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia

mindat Locality ID: 40745
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-40745.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tazna Mine (Tasna Mine; Tazna-Rosario Mine), Cerro Tazna, Atocha-Quechisla Mining District, Nor Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 20°37'59"S
Longitude: 66°19'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.633055555556,-66.316666666667

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	Pyrophyllite
Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Talc	Topaz	Vivianite	Wavellite
Zircon

Alunite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augelite ()*	Bismite ()*
Bismoclite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Diaspore ()*
Dumortierite ()*	Ferberite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Gold ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Preisingerite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*	Topaz ()*	Vivianite ()*	Wavellite ()*
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: 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

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 Pyrophyllite
Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Sulphur Talc Topaz Vivianite Wavellite
Zircon

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	966
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Augelite ()*	None	Al₂(PO₄)(OH)₃	79
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	214
Bismoclite ()*	Matlockite	BiOCl	71
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	716
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	344
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	481
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	231
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	551
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	784
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Preisingerite ()*	None	Bi₃O(AsO₄)₂(OH)	53
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	668
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1476
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	636
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	374
Woodhouseite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	62
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	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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