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La India Mine, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí, Boliviai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| La India Mine | Mine |
| Rafael Bustillo Province | Province |
| Potosí | Department |
| Bolivia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
18° South , 66° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~37km
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Antimony mine working irregular parallel veins hosted in Devonian shales.
Located 35km SE of Uncia, in the Cordillera Livichuco. Owned successively by N. Paredes (Bolivian), Miguel Fadic (Croatian), Hans Barchant (German), Bror Wikstrom (Finnish), and Mateo Vlahovic senior (Croatian). In the 1930s ore was transported to Challapata by llama.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Ankerite Formula: Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
| ⓘ Boulangerite ? Formula: Pb5Sb4S11 Description: (not analyzed) References: |
| ⓘ Cervantite Formula: Sb3+Sb5+O4 |
| ⓘ Ferberite Formula: FeWO4 |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Stibnite Formula: Sb2S3 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Stibnite | 2.DB.05 | Sb2S3 |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Boulangerite ? | 2.HC.15 | Pb5Sb4S11 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | Ferberite | 4.DB.30 | FeWO4 |
| ⓘ | Cervantite | 4.DE.30 | Sb3+Sb5+O4 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Ankerite | 5.AB.10 | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Ankerite | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Ankerite | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
| O | ⓘ Cervantite | Sb3+Sb5+O4 |
| O | ⓘ Ferberite | FeWO4 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Ankerite | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Boulangerite | Pb5Sb4S11 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Ankerite | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Ankerite | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Ferberite | FeWO4 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Sb | Antimony | |
| Sb | ⓘ Boulangerite | Pb5Sb4S11 |
| Sb | ⓘ Cervantite | Sb3+Sb5+O4 |
| Sb | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
| W | Tungsten | |
| W | ⓘ Ferberite | FeWO4 |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Boulangerite | Pb5Sb4S11 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Altiplano PlateTectonic Plate
South AmericaContinent
- Andean tin province
- AndesMountain Range
South America Plate
- Altiplano basinBasin
- Eastern CordilleraOrogenic Belt
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La India Mine, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí, Bolivia