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Poopó town, Poopó Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
Detailed Mineral List:
| Argyrodite | ||
| Formula: | Ag8GeS6 | |
| Description: | Allegedly present in ore concentrates. | |
| Reference: | Salomon Rivas y Federico Ahlfeld (1998) Los Minerales de Bolivia y sus Parajes. (Santa Cruz) | |
| Baryte | ||
| Formula: | BaSO4 | |
| Reference: | Federico Ahlfeld and Alejandro Schneider-Scherbina (1964) Los Yacimientos Minerales y de Hidrocarburos de Bolivia. (Ministerio de Minas y Petroleo, La Paz) | |
| Cassiterite | ||
| Formula: | SnO2 | |
| Reference: | [MinRec 32:477] | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region. | |
| Cylindrite (TL) | ![]() | |
| Formula: | Pb3Sn4FeSb2S14 | |
| Type Locality: | Santa Cruz Mine, Poopó town, Poopó Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia | |
| Reference: | [MinRec 32:479] | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region. | |
| Photo: Cylindrite from Santa Cruz Mine, Poopó town, Poopó Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia | ||
| Epsomite | ||
| Formula: | MgSO4 · 7H2O | |
| Reference: | Salomon Rivas y Federico Ahlfeld (1998) Los Minerales de Bolivia y sus Parajes. (Santa Cruz) | |
| Fluorapatite | ||
| Formula: | Ca5(PO4)3F | |
| Reference: | [MinRec 32:477] | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region. | |
| Franckeite | ||
| Formula: | Fe2+(Pb,Sn2+)6Sn4+2Sb2S14 | |
| Localities: | Santa Cruz Mine, Poopó town, Poopó Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia San Francisco mine, Poopó town, Poopó Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia | |
| Franckeite var: Incaite | ||
| Formula: | (Pb,Ag)4Sn4FeSb2S15 | |
| Reference: | [MinRec 32:477] | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region. | |
| Galena | ||
| Formula: | PbS | |
| Locality: | Santa Cruz Mine, Poopó town, Poopó Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia | |
| Jamesonite | ||
| Formula: | Pb4FeSb6S14 | |
| Reference: | [MinRec 32:477] | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 2 other localities in this region. | |
| Jarosite ? | ||
| Formula: | KFe3+ 3(SO4)2(OH)6 | |
| Locality: | Santa Cruz Mine, Poopó town, Poopó Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia - erroneously reported | |
| Kermesite | ||
| Formula: | Sb2S2O | |
| Reference: | [MinRec 32:477] | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 2 other localities in this region. | |
| Metastibnite | ||
| Formula: | Sb2S3 | |
| Locality: | San Francisco mine, Poopó town, Poopó Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia | |
| Opal var: Diatomite | ||
| Description: | Recent Lake Poopó sediments. | |
| Reference: | Salomon Rivas y Federico Ahlfeld (1998) Los Minerales de Bolivia y sus Parajes. (Santa Cruz) | |
| Pyrargyrite | ||
| Formula: | Ag3SbS3 | |
| Locality: | San Francisco mine, Poopó town, Poopó Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia | |
| Pyrite | ||
| Formula: | FeS2 | |
| Localities: | San Francisco mine, Poopó town, Poopó Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia Santa Cruz Mine, Poopó town, Poopó Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia | |
| Quartz | ||
| Formula: | SiO2 | |
| Localities: | Santa Cruz Mine, Poopó town, Poopó Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia San Francisco mine, Poopó town, Poopó Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia | |
| Rhodostannite | ||
| Formula: | Cu2FeSn3S8 | |
| Locality: | Santa Cruz Mine, Poopó town, Poopó Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia | |
| Siderite | ||
| Formula: | FeCO3 | |
| Reference: | Federico Ahlfeld and Alejandro Schneider-Scherbina (1964) Los Yacimientos Minerales y de Hidrocarburos de Bolivia. (Ministerio de Minas y Petroleo, La Paz) | |
| Silver | ||
| Formula: | Ag | |
| Reference: | [MinRec 32:477] | |
| Sphalerite | ||
| Formula: | ZnS | |
| Localities: | Santa Cruz Mine, Poopó town, Poopó Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia San Francisco mine, Poopó town, Poopó Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia | |
| Stannite | ||
| Formula: | Cu2(Fe,Zn)SnS4 | |
| Reference: | [MinRec 32:477] | |
| Stibnite | ||
| Formula: | Sb2S3 | |
| Reference: | Salomon Rivas y Federico Ahlfeld (1998) Los Minerales de Bolivia y sus Parajes. (Santa Cruz) | |
| Teallite | ||
| Formula: | (Pb,Sn)SnS2 | |
| Reference: | [MinRec 32:477] | |
| Tetrahedrite | ||
| Formula: | Cu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2]Sb4S13 | |
| Reference: | Federico Ahlfeld and Alejandro Schneider-Scherbina (1964) Los Yacimientos Minerales y de Hidrocarburos de Bolivia. (Ministerio de Minas y Petroleo, La Paz) | |
| Vivianite | ![]() | |
| Formula: | Fe2+3(PO4)2 · 8H2O | |
| Reference: | [MinRec 32:477] | |
| Photo: © . Vivianite from Poopó town, Poopó Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia | ||
| Wurtzite | ||
| Formula: | (Zn,Fe)S | |
| Reference: | [MinRec 32:477] | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region. | |
| Zinkenite | ![]() | |
| Formula: | Pb9Sb22S42 | |
| Localities: | Santa Cruz Mine, Poopó town, Poopó Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia San Francisco mine, Poopó town, Poopó Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia | |
| Photo: © Simone Citon. Zinkenite from San Francisco mine, Poopó town, Poopó Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia | ||
28 entries listed. 26 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).
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