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Regional Report: 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.)

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  • Acanthite - 3
  • Andorite - 3
  • Argentopyrite - 3
  • Argyrodite - 3
  • Arsenopyrite - 3, 5
  • Baryte - 3
  • Bismuth - 3, 5
  • Bismuthinite - 5
  • Bournonite - 3
  • Calcite - 3
  • Canfieldite - 3
  • Cassiterite - 3, 4, 7
  • Chalcopyrite - 3
  • Chalcostibite - 3
  • Cosalite - 5
  • Cylindrite - 3, 6
  • Dyscrasite - 3
  • 'Elaterite' - 3
  • Franckeite - 3, 4
  • Galena - 3, 4, 7
  • Hocartite - 3
  • Jalpaite - 3
  • Jamesonite - 3
  • Löllingite - 3
  • Marcasite - 3
  • Matildite - 5
  • Mckinstryite - 3
  • Miargyrite - 3
  • Owyheeite - 3
  • Polybasite - 3
  • Proustite - 3
  • Pyrargyrite - 3
  • Pyrite - 3
  • Pyrrhotite - 3
  • Quartz - 3
  • Siderite - 3, 4, 7
  • Silver - 3
  • Smithsonite - 3
  • Sphalerite - 3, 4
  • Stannite - 3
  • Stephanite - 3
  • Teallite - 1
  • Tetrahedrite - 3
  • 'Tourmaline' - 3
  • Vivianite - 3
  • Wolframite - 3
  • Wurtzite - 3


  • 47 minerals listed.

    Locality Key
    1Aliada Mine (Aliadas Mine), Colquechaca, Chayanta Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia
    2Aullagas, Colquechaca, Chayanta Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia
    3Colquechaca, Chayanta Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia
    4Descubridora Mine, Colquechaca, Chayanta Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia
    5Nueva Verdun Mine, Colquechaca, Chayanta Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia
    6Nueva Virginia mine, Colquechaca, Chayanta Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia
    7Transvaal vein, Colquechaca, Chayanta Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia

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