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Locality Name:
Sorata, Larecaja Province, La Paz, Bolivia


mindat Locality ID: 36999
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36999.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sorata, Larecaja Province, La Paz, Bolivia": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cocanipaya
Hucumarini Mine
Marcamarcani Mine (San Baldomero Mine)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mo O S Sb Si Sn Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Mo S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteBerthieriteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumKaoliniteLöllingiteMolybdenite
NickelineNonePerovskitePyriteQuartzRutileSkutteruditeSphaleriteStibniteTetradymite
Vivianite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutoferrite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS225971,259729052
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4125971343
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1259721966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3225971,259721935
Bismutoferrite  (*)KaoliniteFe3+2Bi(SiO4)2(OH)12597251
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12597227770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2225971,259725171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212597127198
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O125972814
Gold  (*)CopperAu12597230554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312597114640
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2125972762
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2225971,2597239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81259719056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2225971,2597261156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21259725614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1259716417
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3125972531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12597121482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31259713418
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S125972510


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