Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
San Antonio De Lípez, Sud Lípez Province, Potosí, Bolivia

mindat Locality ID: 53294
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53294.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Antonio De Lípez, Sud Lípez Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Cerro Nuevo Mundo
El Mestizo Prospect
Machu Socavón Mine
Mesa De Plata Mine
Nuevo Mundo Mine

Latitude: 21°55'21"S
Longitude: 66°55'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.9225,-66.926388888889

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Amorphous	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Meneghinite	Mica	None	Orpiment
Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Alunite ()*	Andradite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hematite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Miargyrite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orpiment ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Sanidine ()*
Saponite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	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 Br C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ca Cl F S Sb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amorphous Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum
Covellite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite Marcasite Meneghinite Mica None Orpiment
Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	26636	2793
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	1	26636	315
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	26635	966
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	26633	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	26636	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	26636	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	26634,26635,26636,26637	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	26634	5516
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	1	26636	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	26636,26637	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	26636	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	26637	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	26636,26637	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	0		1382
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	26634,26636	4165
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	26635,26636	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	26634	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	26636	717
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	26634,26636,26637	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	26635,26636	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	26634,26636,26637	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	26636	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	26634,26636	5674
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	0		300
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	26634,26635,26636,26637	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	26635	2994
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	0		511
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	26636	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	26636	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	26634,26636,26637	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	26634,26635,26636,26637	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	0		712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	26636	1711
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	26635	598
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	26636	301
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	26636	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	26634,26636	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	26634,26635,26636	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	26636	586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	26634,26636	3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	26637	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	26636	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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