Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Mt Huayna Potosí (Huaina Potosi), Murillo Province, La Paz, Bolivia

mindat Locality ID: 219210
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-219210.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mt Huayna Potosí (Huaina Potosi), Murillo Province, La Paz, Bolivia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Chacaltaya Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Arsenopyrite	Clay	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Rutile	Titanite	Ullmannite

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: Al As Ca F Fe H K Ni O S Sb Si Sn Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Clay Fluorite Kaolinite Mica None Pyrite Rutile Titanite Ullmannite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nacrite ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Titanite ()*	Ullmannite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	26021	9052
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	26021	5171
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	26021	9617
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	26021	17380
Nacrite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	26021	112
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	26021	767
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	1	26021	293

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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