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Colquechaca, Chayanta Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia

Famous spanish colonial Ag mine, still active, which has been the source of some classic Ag sulphosalt specimens, including pyrargyrite and argyrodite. (There is no selenium in this deposit; the Se minerals sometimes erroneously ascribed to this locality are really from the Virgen de Surumi mine in Pakajake canyon, about 28km NE of Colquechaca.)




Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities


Mineral List:
Acanthite
Andorite
Argentopyrite
Argyrodite
Arsenopyrite
Baryte
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
'Bitumen
var: Elaterite'

Bournonite
Calcite
Canfieldite (TL)
Cassiterite
Chalcopyrite
Chalcostibite
Cosalite
Cylindrite
Dyscrasite
Franckeite
Galena
Hocartite
Jalpaite
Jamesonite
Löllingite
Marcasite
Matildite
Mckinstryite
Miargyrite
Owyheeite
Polybasite
Proustite ?
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Siderite
Silver
Smithsonite
Sphalerite
Stannite
Stephanite
Teallite
Tetrahedrite
'Tourmaline'
Vivianite
Wolframite
Wurtzite


58 entries listed. 43 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

Localities in this Region:
Bolivia
 
  • Potosí Department
    • Chayanta Province
      • Colquechaca

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