San Antonio de Calacalani mine, Cercado Province, Oruro, Boliviai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| San Antonio de Calacalani mine | Mine |
| Cercado Province | Province |
| Oruro | Department |
| Bolivia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
17° South , 67° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~73km
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
19994
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:19994:5
GUID (UUID V4):
f6cb5b73-bdcd-450f-93ec-fa9c203fc322
Produced 800 tons of tungstite/hydrotungstite as ore (!) during World War I. Now completely worked out and not even traces of those minerals remain. It is only 12 km from the large Colquiri tin-zinc mine, which lies across the state line in La Paz department, which has lead to some garbled locality labels.
Sometimes given only as the "Calacalani mine" or "San Antonio mine", leading to the additional erroneous assumption that two localities are involved.
Note on the mineral list: "Hydrotungstite" specimens from here have now generally dehydrated to tungstite pseudomorphs after hydrotungstite.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Ferberite Formula: FeWO4 References: |
| ⓘ Hydrotungstite (TL) Formula: WO3 · 2H2O Type Locality: References: |
| ⓘ Jarosite Formula: KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| ⓘ Kaolinite Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 References: |
| ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
| ⓘ Stibnite Formula: Sb2S3 References: |
| ⓘ Tungstite Formula: WO3 · H2O |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Stibnite | 2.DB.05 | Sb2S3 |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | Ferberite | 4.DB.30 | FeWO4 |
| ⓘ | Tungstite | 4.FJ.10 | WO3 · H2O |
| ⓘ | Hydrotungstite (TL) | 4.FJ.15 | WO3 · 2H2O |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Jarosite | 7.BC.10 | KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Kaolinite | 9.ED.05 | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Hydrotungstite | WO3 · 2H2O |
| H | ⓘ Jarosite | KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| H | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| H | ⓘ Tungstite | WO3 · H2O |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Ferberite | FeWO4 |
| O | ⓘ Hydrotungstite | WO3 · 2H2O |
| O | ⓘ Jarosite | KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| O | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Tungstite | WO3 · H2O |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Jarosite | KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| S | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | ⓘ Jarosite | KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Ferberite | FeWO4 |
| Fe | ⓘ Jarosite | KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Sb | Antimony | |
| Sb | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
| W | Tungsten | |
| W | ⓘ Ferberite | FeWO4 |
| W | ⓘ Hydrotungstite | WO3 · 2H2O |
| W | ⓘ Tungstite | WO3 · H2O |
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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San Antonio de Calacalani mine, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia