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Unificada Mine, Cerro de Potosí (Cerro Rico), Potosí (Potosí Municipality), Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Boliviai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Unificada Mine | Mine |
| Cerro de Potosí (Cerro Rico) | Mountain |
| Potosí (Potosí Municipality) | City |
| Tomás Frías Province | Province |
| Potosí | Department |
| Bolivia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
19° South , 65° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~1km
Type:
Köppen climate type:
NOTE: There is a tendency among dealers to label any phosphophyllite from Cerro Rico as being from the "Unificada mine", which is nonsense. The "Unificada", which means "unified", was a temporary grouping of several mines under one administration; it was an administrative designation rather than a locality name. It does not indicate which part of Cerro Rico a specimen came from, and certainly should not be applied to the recent phosphophyllite specimens mined since the 1990s. Unless the specific mine or vein is known (rarely the case), better to label specimens just with the name of the mountain, "Cerro Rico" or "Cerro de Potosí".
List of minerals for each chemical element
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Altiplano PlateTectonic Plate
South AmericaContinent
- AndesMountain Range
South America Plate
- Eastern CordilleraOrogenic Belt
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Unificada Mine, Cerro de Potosí, Potosí, Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia