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Locality Name:
Laurani District, Aroma Province, La Paz, Bolivia


mindat Locality ID: 208782
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208782.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Laurani District, Aroma Province, La Paz, Bolivia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Laurani Mine
Lili Mine (Lomitas Deposit; Alfonso Bedoya Mine)
Lomitas Quarry

Latitude: 17°23'12"S
Longitude: 67°46'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.386666666667,-67.778055555556
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibite
ClayClinozoisiteCopperCovelliteEnargiteEpidoteFeldsparGeocroniteKaoliniteMelonite
MeneghiniteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPavonitePolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
SphaleriteStanniteStibniteTetrahedriteWurtzite

52 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Albite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anatase  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Austinite  (*)Baryte  (*)Benjaminite  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Braithwaiteite  (*)Calaverite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Emplectite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Famatinite  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Jordanite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Lammerite  (*)
Lavendulan  (*)Luzonite  (*)Matildite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Niedermayrite  (*)Pitticite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rickardite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Umangite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1258832793
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3125883315
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1258838803
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6125883966
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21258832162
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1258853250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1258839052
Austinite  (*)AdeliteCaZn(AsO4)(OH)12588471
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)12588311547
Benjaminite  (*)PavoniteAg3Bi7S1212588345
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31258831935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41258835516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31258831089
Braithwaiteite  (*)NoneNaCu2+5(Sb5+Ti4+)O2(AsO4)4[AsO3(OH)]2·8H2O1258831
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2125883361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)225884,2588527770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21258835171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212588327198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2125883162
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1258834165
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2125883246
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4125883910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1258838173
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS4125883163
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12125883663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12588324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu12588330554
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S23125883105
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41258835591
Lammerite  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)212588310
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O125883149
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS4125883198
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS2125883252
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2125883300
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1258841107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212588317380
Niedermayrite  (*)NoneCu4Cd(SO4)2(OH)6·4H2O1258838
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)125884140
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]125883716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3125883733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31258831425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212588339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2225883,2588461156
Rickardite  (*)NoneCu3-xTe212588352
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1258836417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1258835186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12588321482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4125883668
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4125883586
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131258831803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131258835317
Umangite  (*)NoneCu3Se212588371


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