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Locality Name:
El Desierto Mine, San Pablo De Napa, Daniel Campos Province, Potosí, Bolivia


mindat Locality ID: 4505
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4505.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "El Desierto Mine, San Pablo De Napa, Daniel Campos Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 20°32'4"S
Longitude: 68°31'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.534444444444,-68.531666666667
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: Al Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAlumAluniteAmorphousChalcanthiteCoquimbiteCovelliteGypsumMelanteriteNone
Not in a structural groupQuartzSulphur

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Alum-(K)  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Coquimbite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Jarosite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Opal  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rosickýite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alum-(K)  (*)AlumKAl(SO4)2·12H2O092
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)01588
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O0925
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O0136
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rosickýite  (*)NoneS022
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060528El Desierto Mine, San Pablo De Napa, Daniel Campos Province, Potosí, Boliviahttps://rruff.info/R060528
R061060El Desierto Mine, San Pablo De Napa, Daniel Campos Province, Potosí, Boliviahttps://rruff.info/R061060

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