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Baryte from
Cerro de Potosí (Cerro Rico), Potosí (Potosí Municipality), Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Baryte
Formula:BaSO4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Baryte data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cerro de Potosí (Cerro Rico), Potosí (Potosí Municipality), Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:42262
Long-form Identifier:1:3:42262:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Baryte in this Region
Rosario Mine, Cerro de Potosí (Cerro Rico), Potosí (Potosí Municipality), Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia
Nearest other occurrences of Baryte
17.6km (10.9 miles) ⓘCerro Tollojsi mine (Tollojchi mine), Potosí (Potosí Municipality), Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia
27.2km (16.9 miles) ⓘCerro Tarqui, Yocalla Municipality, Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia
28.5km (17.7 miles) ⓘEl Dragón mine, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
36.2km (22.5 miles) ⓘMachacamarca Mine, Machacamarca subdistrict, Tacobamba Municipality, Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosí, Bolivia
39.8km (24.7 miles) ⓘColavi Mine, Colavi subdistrict, Tacobamba Municipality, Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosí, Bolivia
96.7km (60.1 miles) ⓘCarguaicollo Mine, Uyuni Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
References
Smith, Bill, Smith, Carol, Petrov, Alfredo (2001) A Guide to Mineral Localities in Bolivia. The Mineralogical Record, 32 (6) 457-482p.465
 
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