Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Nor Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia

mindat Locality ID: 40774
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-40774.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nor Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 38
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Almona
Atocha-Quechisla Mining District
Caiza D Municipality
Churquini Mine
Cotagaita
Huarojla Mine
La Chicheña Mine
San Carlos Mine
Toropalca District
Tupiza District

Latitude: 20°34'43"S
Longitude: 65°58'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.578611111111,-65.982777777778

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	Baryte	Bismutite	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Diaspore	Dumortierite	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Linarite
Marcasite	Matlockite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Talc	Topaz	Tungstite	Vivianite
Wavellite	Zircon

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Ni 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 Baryte Bismutite Bournonite Calcite Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Columbite Copper Diaspore Dumortierite Kaolinite Löllingite Linarite
Marcasite Matlockite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Sulphur Talc Topaz Tungstite Vivianite
Wavellite Zircon

69 IMA Minerals at location:

Alunite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*
Antimony ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augelite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bindheimite ()*
Bismite ()*	Bismoclite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cervantite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcostibite ()*	Chromite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Cosalite ()*	Daubréeite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*
Dumortierite ()*	Ferberite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Hydrokenoelsmoreite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Linarite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Preisingerite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Talc ()*	Topaz ()*	Tungstite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Wavellite ()*
Waylandite ()*	Woodhouseite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zunyite ()*

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	26438,26460	966
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	26438	1310
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	26468	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	26459	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	26454	445
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	1	26437	363
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	26434,26438,26465	9052
Augelite ()*	None	Al₂(PO₄)(OH)₃	2	26434,26438	79
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	26440,26449,26459	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	1	26434	450
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	2	26434,26438	214
Bismoclite ()*	Matlockite	BiOCl	2	26434,26438	71
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	3	26434,26438,26465	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	3	26434,26436,26438	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	2	26434,26438	716
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	2	26463,26464	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	26466	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	26440,26444,26446,26454,26455,26456	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	3	26434,26438,26465	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	4	26438,26446,26461,26467	27198
Chalcostibite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuSbS₂	1	26432	162
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	26450	3902
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	26452	2600
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	1	26438	344
Daubréeite ()*	Matlockite	BiO(OH)	2	26434,26435	13
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	26438	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	26446,26459,26460	651
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	1	26438	231
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	6	26434,26436,26438,26441,26445,26446	551
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	26434,26438	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	26449,26461,26463,26466	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	26456,26457	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	26434,26438,26459	30554
Hydrokenoelsmoreite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂W₂O₆(H₂O)	1	26436	57
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	2	26434,26438	784
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	3	26434,26440,26444	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	26461	5591
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	26461	987
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	1	26446	249
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	26454	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	26450	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	26438	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	26465	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	26454	767
Preisingerite ()*	None	Bi₃O(AsO₄)₂(OH)	1	26438	53
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	26434,26438,26445,26446,26456,26457,26459,26465	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	26438	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	26438,26446,26467	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	10	26434,26438,26441,26445,26446,26455,26456,26457,26459,26467	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	26438	5614
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	2	26436,26440	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	9	26434,26438,26446,26455,26456,26457,26461,26465,26466	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	8	26434,26438,26441,26445,26449,26456,26459,26466	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	26438	668
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	1	26456	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	8	26432,26441,26445,26446,26455,26456,26457,26459	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	3	26438,26440,26444	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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