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Arsenopyrite from
Siete Suyos mine, Chocaya-Animas mining district (Animas-Chocaya mining district), Atocha Municipality, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Arsenopyrite
Formula:FeAsS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Arsenopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Siete Suyos mine, Chocaya-Animas mining district (Animas-Chocaya mining district), Atocha Municipality, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:468534
Long-form Identifier:1:3:468534:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Arsenopyrite
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘChocaya mine, Chocaya-Animas mining district (Animas-Chocaya mining district), Atocha Municipality, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘChocaya-Animas mining district (Animas-Chocaya mining district), Atocha Municipality, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘÁnimas Mine, Chocaya-Animas mining district (Animas-Chocaya mining district), Atocha Municipality, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia
25.8km (16.0 miles) ⓘChorolque Mine, Cerro Chorolque, Atocha Municipality, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia
28.5km (17.7 miles) ⓘPortugalete mines, Tatasí, Atocha Municipality, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia
29.0km (18.1 miles) ⓘTatasí, Atocha Municipality, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia
36.6km (22.7 miles) ⓘCerro Tazna, Cotagaita Municipality, Nor Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia
37.5km (23.3 miles) ⓘTazna Mine (Tasna Mine; Tazna-Rosario Mine), Tasna Rosario, Cerro Tazna, Cotagaita Municipality, Nor Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia
75.3km (46.8 miles) ⓘPulacayo Mine, Huanchaca, Uyuni Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
78.9km (49.0 miles) ⓘSanta Isabel Mine (Candelaria Mine), Santa Isabel district, San Pablo de Lípez, Sud Lípez Province, Potosí, Bolivia
References
Dr. Fritz Berndt, unpublished analyses
Torró, Lisard; Cazorla, Malena; Melgarejo, Joan; Camprubí, Antoni; Tarrés, Marta; Gemmrich, Laura; Campeny, Marc; Artiaga, David; Torres, Belén; Martínez, Álvaro; et al. (2019) Indium Mineralization in the Volcanic Dome-Hosted Ánimas–Chocaya–Siete Suyos Polymetallic Deposit, Potosí, Bolivia. Minerals, 9 (10). 604 doi:10.3390/min9100604
 
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