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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 contents from all localities listed at bottom of page


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
  		• Sphalerite
  		• Stannite
  		• Stephanite
  		• Teallite
  		• Tetrahedrite
  		• 'Tourmaline Group'
  		• Vivianite
  		• Wolframite
  		• Wurtzite


    46 entries listed. 42 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

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

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