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 - 3Andorite - 3Argentopyrite - 3Argyrodite - 3Arsenopyrite - 3, 5Baryte - 3Bismuth - 3, 5Bismuthinite - 5Bournonite - 3Calcite - 3Canfieldite - 3Cassiterite - 3, 4, 7Chalcopyrite - 3Chalcostibite - 3Cosalite - 5Cylindrite - 3, 6Dyscrasite - 3'Elaterite' - 3Franckeite - 3, 4Galena - 3, 4, 7Hocartite - 3Jalpaite - 3Jamesonite - 3Löllingite - 3 | Marcasite - 3Matildite - 5Mckinstryite - 3Miargyrite - 3Owyheeite - 3Polybasite - 3Proustite - 3Pyrargyrite - 3Pyrite - 3Pyrrhotite - 3Quartz - 3Siderite - 3, 4, 7Silver - 3Smithsonite - 3Sphalerite - 3, 4Stannite - 3Stephanite - 3Teallite - 1Tetrahedrite - 3'Tourmaline' - 3Vivianite - 3Wolframite - 3Wurtzite - 3 |
47 minerals listed.
Locality Key| 1 | Aliada Mine (Aliadas Mine), Colquechaca, Chayanta Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia | | 2 | Aullagas, Colquechaca, Chayanta Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia | | 3 | Colquechaca, Chayanta Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia | | 4 | Descubridora Mine, Colquechaca, Chayanta Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia |
| | 5 | Nueva Verdun Mine, Colquechaca, Chayanta Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia | | 6 | Nueva Virginia mine, Colquechaca, Chayanta Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia | | 7 | Transvaal vein, Colquechaca, Chayanta Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia |
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