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Chalcopyrite from
Pulacayo Mine, Huanchaca, Uyuni Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Tetrahedrite Subgroup5
Quartz4
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pulacayo Mine, Huanchaca, Uyuni Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:3213
Long-form Identifier:1:3:3213:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
58.8km (36.5 miles) ⓘTazna Mine (Tasna Mine; Tazna-Rosario Mine), Tasna Rosario, Cerro Tazna, Cotagaita Municipality, Nor Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia
75.2km (46.7 miles) ⓘChocaya mine, Chocaya-Animas mining district (Animas-Chocaya mining district), Atocha Municipality, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia
75.3km (46.8 miles) ⓘSiete Suyos mine, Chocaya-Animas mining district (Animas-Chocaya mining district), Atocha Municipality, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia
75.6km (47.0 miles) ⓘChocaya-Animas mining district (Animas-Chocaya mining district), Atocha Municipality, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia
76.1km (47.3 miles) ⓘÁnimas Mine, Chocaya-Animas mining district (Animas-Chocaya mining district), Atocha Municipality, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia
87.8km (54.5 miles) ⓘCaracota district, Tomave Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
91.5km (56.8 miles) ⓘChorolque Mine, Cerro Chorolque, Atocha Municipality, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia
97.2km (60.4 miles) ⓘPorco, Agua de Castilla, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
References
Pinto-Vasquez, Jose (1993) Volcanic dome-associated precious and base metal epithermal mineralization at Pulacayo, Bolivia. Economic Geology, 88 (3) 697-700 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.88.3.697
WGS84, Z., Datum, S., Webster, P., Geo, P., Cullen, M., Geo, P., & Harrington, M. (2011) Mineral Resource Estimate Technical Report for the Pulacayo Ag-pb-zn Deposit Pulacayo Township, Potosí District, Quijarro Province, Bolivia.
 
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