Caracota Mine (Santa Teresita Mine), Caracota district, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Boliviai
Regional Level Types | |
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Caracota Mine (Santa Teresita Mine) | Mine |
Caracota district | District |
Antonio Quijarro Province | Province |
Potosí | Department |
Bolivia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude:
20° South , 66° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~105km
Type:
Mindat Locality ID:
158232
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:158232:4
GUID (UUID V4):
783b4924-fa9b-46a0-8041-d054ad167abb
An antimony mine producing mainly stibnite from a series of stibnite-quartz-pyrite veins hosted in Early Paleozoic black shale, slate and siltstone within a shear zone.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Arsenopyrite Formula: FeAsS |
ⓘ Cookeite Formula: (LiAl4◻)[AlSi3O10](OH)8 |
ⓘ Ferberite Formula: FeWO4 |
ⓘ Gold Formula: Au |
ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
ⓘ Siderite Formula: FeCO3 |
ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
ⓘ Stibnite Formula: Sb2S3 |
ⓘ 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S References: |
ⓘ Zinkenite Formula: Pb9Sb22S42 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements | |||
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ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
ⓘ | Stibnite | 2.DB.05 | Sb2S3 |
ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
ⓘ | Arsenopyrite | 2.EB.20 | FeAsS |
ⓘ | 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' | 2.GB.05 | Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S |
ⓘ | Zinkenite | 2.JB.35a | Pb9Sb22S42 |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
ⓘ | Ferberite | 4.DB.30 | FeWO4 |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
ⓘ | Siderite | 5.AB.05 | FeCO3 |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
ⓘ | Cookeite | 9.EC.55 | (LiAl4◻)[AlSi3O10](OH)8 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Cookeite | (LiAl4◻)[AlSi3O10](OH)8 |
Li | Lithium | |
Li | ⓘ Cookeite | (LiAl4◻)[AlSi3O10](OH)8 |
C | Carbon | |
C | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Cookeite | (LiAl4◻)[AlSi3O10](OH)8 |
O | ⓘ Ferberite | FeWO4 |
O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
O | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | ⓘ Cookeite | (LiAl4◻)[AlSi3O10](OH)8 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Cookeite | (LiAl4◻)[AlSi3O10](OH)8 |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
S | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
S | ⓘ Tetrahedrite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S |
S | ⓘ Zinkenite | Pb9Sb22S42 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
Fe | ⓘ Ferberite | FeWO4 |
Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Fe | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | ⓘ Tetrahedrite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S |
Zn | Zinc | |
Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
As | Arsenic | |
As | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
Sb | Antimony | |
Sb | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
Sb | ⓘ Tetrahedrite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S |
Sb | ⓘ Zinkenite | Pb9Sb22S42 |
W | Tungsten | |
W | ⓘ Ferberite | FeWO4 |
Au | Gold | |
Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
Pb | Lead | |
Pb | ⓘ Zinkenite | Pb9Sb22S42 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Altiplano PlateTectonic Plate
South AmericaContinent
- Andean tin province
- AndesMountain Range
South America Plate
- Altiplano basinBasin
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