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Locality Name:
Los Andes Province, La Paz, Bolivia


mindat Locality ID: 135346
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-135346.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
La Union
Milluni Mine
Vilaque River

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: Al Au B Bi C Ca Fe H Na O S Si Sn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicBismutiteCopperGypsumNonePyriteQuartzRutileStibniteTetradymite
Tourmaline

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Ikunolite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Schorl  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3126002214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi226002,260041966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3226002,260041935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)226002,26004716
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2326002,26003,260045171
Gold  (*)CopperAu12600430554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1260036890
Ikunolite  (*)TetradymiteBi4S312600454
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212600339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2326002,26003,2600461156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1260042705


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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