Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
San Cristobal De Lípez District, Nor Lípez Province, Potosí, Bolivia

mindat Locality ID: 55438
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55438.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Cristobal De Lípez District, Nor Lípez Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Animas Mine (Joukia)
Bretha Mine
Challahuillque Mine
Cobrizos Mine
Colon Mine
Inca Mine
La Hedionda Mine (Santa Bárbara De Jayula)
San Cristobal Mine
Tesorera Mine
Toldos Mine
Trapiche Mine

Latitude: 21°3'45"S
Longitude: 67°12'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.0625,-67.212222222222

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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Fluorite
Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel

Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bromargyrite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*

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 Ba Br C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Fluorite
Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	26490	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	26496	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	26490	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	26491,26492,26496	11547
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	1	26496	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	26490,26496	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	26489,26490	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	26490	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	26496	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	2	26489,26496	1382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	26490	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	26490	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	26490	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	26496	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	26496	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7	26487,26488,26489,26491,26493,26495,26496	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	26490	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	26492,26496	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	26493,26495	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	26496	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	26490	12537
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	26496	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	26496	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	26487,26488,26493,26495,26496	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	26496	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	26496	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	4	26490,26492,26493,26496	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	26487,26488,26493,26496	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1	26496	332

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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