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Locality Name:
Aroma Province, La Paz, Bolivia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 45
Youngest recorded age at locality: 45

mindat Locality ID: 132304
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132304.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aroma Province, La Paz, Bolivia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Chacarilla Mine
Laurani District

Latitude: 17°31'59"S
Longitude: 68°4'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.533055555556,-68.073888888889

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 Sr Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibite
ClayClinozoisiteCopperCovelliteEnargiteEpidoteFeldsparGeocroniteGypsumKaolinite
MalachiteMeloniteMeneghiniteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPavonitePolybasitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileSphaleriteStanniteStibniteTetrahedriteWurtzite

60 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Albite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anatase  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Austinite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Benjaminite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Braithwaiteite  (*)
Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Emplectite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Famatinite  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Jordanite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Lammerite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Luzonite  (*)Malachite  (*)Matildite  (*)
Miargyrite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Niedermayrite  (*)Pitticite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rickardite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Stephanite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)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)6225882,25883966
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21258832162
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1258853250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1258839052
Austinite  (*)AdeliteCaZn(AsO4)(OH)12588471
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)245451258815509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)4545225881,2588311547
Benjaminite  (*)PavoniteAg3Bi7S1212588345
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31258831935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS44545225881,258835516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31258831089
Braithwaiteite  (*)NoneNaCu2+5(Sb5+Ti4+)O2(AsO4)4[AsO3(OH)]2·8H2O1258831
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2125883361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)225884,2588527770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21258835171
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)45451258811252
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S45451258815707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24545225881,2588327198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2125883162
Copper  (*)CopperCu45451258813846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1258834165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O45451258812970
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2125883246
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4225882,25883910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1258838173
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS4125883163
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12125883663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS225882,2588324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu225882,2588330554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O45451258816890
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S23125883105
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41258835591
Lammerite  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)212588310
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O125883149
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS4125883198
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2454512588112537
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS2125883252
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2125883300
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1258841107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212588317380
Niedermayrite  (*)NoneCu4Cd(SO4)2(OH)6·4H2O225882,258838
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)125884140
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]125883716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3125883733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31258831425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24545225881,2588339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2225883,2588461156
Rickardite  (*)NoneCu3-xTe212588352
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1258836417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1258835186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS225882,2588321482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4125883668
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4125883586
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13225882,258831803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO45451258811101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131258835317
Umangite  (*)NoneCu3Se212588371



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedcu-000554545L. Tertiary       Cu65223Chacarilla Mine, Aroma Province, La Paz, BoliviaChacarillaCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 


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