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Quartz from
Caracota Mine (Santa Teresita Mine), Caracota district, Tomave Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Caracota Mine (Santa Teresita Mine), Caracota district, Tomave Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:487625
Long-form Identifier:1:3:487625:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.1km (0.1 miles) ⓘCaracota district, Tomave Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
29.5km (18.4 miles) ⓘEl Dragón mine, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
30.2km (18.7 miles) ⓘPorco, Agua de Castilla, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
36.7km (22.8 miles) ⓘCarma Mine (Kharma Mine), Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
47.6km (29.6 miles) ⓘCerro Tollojsi mine (Tollojchi mine), Potosí (Potosí Municipality), Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia
55.0km (34.2 miles) ⓘCerro de Potosí (Cerro Rico), Potosí (Potosí Municipality), Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia
56.3km (35.0 miles) ⓘVeta Montecristo (Monte Cristo mine), Churata District, Caiza D municipality, Nor Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia
56.4km (35.0 miles) ⓘCerro Chico (Cerro Mojón Punta), Cerro de Potosí (Cerro Rico), Potosí (Potosí Municipality), Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia
60.8km (37.8 miles) ⓘCordillera Kari-Kari, Potosí city, Potosí, Bolivia
64.6km (40.2 miles) ⓘEl Molino dredge tailings, El Molino, Cerro Huañaquina, Yocalla Municipality, Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia
References
Shimada, Nobutaka, Kusachi, Isao, Sugaki, Asahiko (1985) Cookeite from antimony veins of the Caracota mine, Bolivia. Mineralogical Journal, 12 (5) 218-224 doi:10.2465/minerj.12.218
Dill, H. G., Pertold, Z., Riera Kilibarda, Carlos (1997) Sediment-hosted and volcanic-hosted Sb vein mineralization in the Potosi region, central Bolivia. Economic Geology, 92 (5) 623-632 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.92.5.623
Dill, H. G. (1998) Evolution of Sb mineralisation in modern fold belts: a comparison of the Sb mineralisation in the Central Andes (Bolivia) and the Western Carpathians (Slovakia). Mineralium Deposita, 33 (4). 359-378 doi:10.1007/s001260050155
 
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