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Locality Name:
San Vicente District, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia

mindat Locality ID: 53230
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53230.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Vicente District, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Alcacoya Mine
Asunta Mine
Cerro Tuluma
Guernica Mine
La Confianza Mine (San Vicente Mine; Confianza Mine; Tajos Mine; San Francisco Mine)
Monserrate Mine (Monserrat Mine)
San Antonio Mine
Santa Fé Mine
Sorocaya Mine
Vetillas Mine

Latitude: 21°14'58"S
Longitude: 66°19'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.249444444444,-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	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Cylindrite
Kaolinite	Kobellite	Marcasite	Meneghinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Aikinite ()*	Alunite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Franckeite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*
Gold ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hessite ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Roquesite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Stromeyerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Au Ba Bi C Cd Cu Fe H In K O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Cylindrite
Kaolinite Kobellite Marcasite Meneghinite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	1	26582	315
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	26579	966
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	26579	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	26579,26581,26582,26586	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	26582	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	26583	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	26583	1089
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	4	26579,26582,26583,26587	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	26582	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	26581,26582,26583	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	26582	4165
Franckeite ()*	Cylindrite	Pb_21.7Sn_9.3Fe_4.0Sb_8.1S_56.9	2	26579,26587	52
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	26582	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	26579,26581,26582,26583,26586,26587	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	1	26582	192
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	26582	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	3	26579,26582,26587	717
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	26582	1689
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	26583	804
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	26582	784
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	26583	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	26579	5591
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	26582	198
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	3	26582,26583,26586	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	26582,26583	17380
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	4	26581,26582,26583,26586	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	26579,26582,26583,26587	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	26582	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	26579,26582,26583	61156
Roquesite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuInS₂	1	26582	46
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	26582	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	26579,26582,26583,26586,26587	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	3	26579,26582,26583	668
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	26582	586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	26578	3418
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1	26582	332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5	26579,26581,26582,26583,26586	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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