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Galena from
Cerro Tarqui, Yocalla Municipality, Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cerro Tarqui, Yocalla Municipality, Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:998432
Long-form Identifier:1:3:998432:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Galena in this Region
Jadir mine, Huaqui Huata, Cerro Tarqui, Yocalla Municipality, Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia
Constancias mine, Kellumayu, Cerro Tarqui, Yocalla Municipality, Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
20.6km (12.8 miles) ⓘCerro Tollojsi mine (Tollojchi mine), Potosí (Potosí Municipality), Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia
26.3km (16.4 miles) ⓘCerro Chico (Cerro Mojón Punta), Cerro de Potosí (Cerro Rico), Potosí (Potosí Municipality), Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia
26.7km (16.6 miles) ⓘPailaviri Mine, Cerro de Potosí (Cerro Rico), Potosí (Potosí Municipality), Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia
27.2km (16.9 miles) ⓘCerro de Potosí (Cerro Rico), Potosí (Potosí Municipality), Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia
34.1km (21.2 miles) ⓘCarma Mine (Kharma Mine), Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
38.2km (23.8 miles) ⓘPorco, Agua de Castilla, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
39.4km (24.5 miles) ⓘAnton Bravo Mine (Anton Bravo vein), Serranía Huarihuari, Potosí (Potosí Municipality), Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia
40.1km (24.9 miles) ⓘHuari-Huari Mine, Potosí (Potosí Municipality), Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia
67.8km (42.1 miles) ⓘCaracota district, Tomave Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
73.9km (45.9 miles) ⓘCarguaicollo Mine, Uyuni Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
References
Salomon Rivas & Federico Ahlfeld (1998) Los Minerales de Bolivia y sus Parajes. (Santa Cruz)
 
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