Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Inquisivi Province, La Paz, Bolivia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 26
Youngest recorded age at locality: 15.73

mindat Locality ID: 14507
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14507.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Inquisivi Province, La Paz, Bolivia": 43
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 33

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Amutara
Buena Esperanza Mine
Canton Rea Rea
Caracoles District
Caxata - Yaco Area
Chicote Grande
Choquetanga Grande District
Colquiri
Los Machos Mine (Los Machos Prospect)
Pacajake Mine
Paragui Mine (Señora Del Carmen Mine)
Quime

Latitude: 17°15'30"S
Longitude: 66°59'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.258333333333,-66.990833333333

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.

Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenolamprite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite
Copper	Covellite	Descloizite	Digenite	Enargite	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Madocite	Marcasite	Melanterite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Tungstite	Vivianite	Wurtzite

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 Cu F Fe H Hg K Li Mn Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Arsenic Arsenolamprite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite
Copper Covellite Descloizite Digenite Enargite Fluorite Kaolinite Madocite Marcasite Melanterite
Mica Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Tungstite Vivianite Wurtzite

54 IMA Minerals at location:

Alunite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antimony ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bindheimite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Colquiriite ()*	Covellite ()*
Creedite ()*	Cronstedtite ()*	Digenite ()*	Enargite ()*	Ferberite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gearksutite ()*
Gold ()*	Hocartite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Hydrokenoralstonite ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Madocite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Mottramite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Teallite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Tungstite ()*	Valentinite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Wittichenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	16.6	15.73	1	25929	966
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	25941	3092
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb			1	25942	363
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	26	15.73	8	25904,25910,25912,25916,25918,25931,25939,25943	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	16.6	15.73	1	25929	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇			1	25906	450
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			4	25905,25910,25916,25921	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			3	25910,25916,25918	1935
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃			1	25905	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	25939,25942	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	26	15.73	10	25905,25910,25911,25912,25916,25918,25931,25934,25936,25938	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	26	15.73	6	25905,25910,25912,25916,25931,25943	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	25908	2600
Colquiriite ()*	None	CaLiAlF₆	16.6	15.73	1	25931	3
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	26	26	1	25912	4165
Creedite ()*	None	Ca₃Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₂F₈·2H₂O	16.6	15.73	1	25931	48
Cronstedtite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₃(Si,Fe³⁺)₂O₅(OH)₄	16.6	15.73	1	25931	54
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	26	26	1	25912	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	16.6	15.73	1	25931	910
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	26	26	6	25905,25912,25916,25921,25943,25945	551
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			2	25910,25945	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	16.6	15.73	2	25931,25932	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂			1	25905	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	16.6	15.73	5	25905,25916,25931,25932,25934	24243
Gearksutite ()*	None	CaAlF₄(OH)·H₂O	16.6	15.73	1	25931	68
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	25939	30554
Hocartite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Ag₂FeSnS₄	16.6	15.73	1	25931	31
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)			3	25935,25938,25941	469
Hydrokenoralstonite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂Al₂F₆(H₂O)	16.6	15.73	1	25931	56
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄			3	25905,25916,25939	784
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	25941	5591
Madocite ()*	Madocite	Pb₁₉(Sb,As)₁₆S₄₃	16.6	15.73	1	25931	6
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	16.6	15.73	1	25931	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	16.6	15.73	4	25916,25918,25931,25938	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	16.6	15.73	2	25918,25929	915
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)			1	25913	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	26	26	4	25904,25912,25916,25943	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	16.6	15.73	1	25929	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	26	15.73	12	25905,25910,25912,25916,25918,25931,25934,25938,25939,25941,25942,25943	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	16.6	15.73	5	25910,25916,25931,25932,25943	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	26	15.73	14	25905,25908,25910,25912,25916,25921,25931,25932,25935,25939,25941,25943,25944,25945	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	25916	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	26	26	4	25912,25921,25941,25942	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			1	25916	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	16.6	15.73	6	25905,25910,25916,25918,25931,25943	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	26	15.73	10	25905,25910,25912,25916,25918,25931,25932,25934,25939,25943	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	16.6	15.73	2	25905,25931	668
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			4	25908,25935,25939,25941	3418
Teallite ()*	Arsenolamprite	PbSnS₂			1	25936	33
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			2	25905,25939	5317
Tungstite ()*	Tungstite	WO₃·H₂O			2	25916,25943	118
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃			1	25942	369
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	16.6	15.73	3	25916,25931,25944	636
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	26	26	1	25912	297

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Kaitlynn000019	26	26	26	K-Ar	age of sulphide	galena	CR-297	Galena	159569	Pacuni Mine, Caracoles District, Inquisivi Province, La Paz, Bolivia	Pacuni	Tilton et al. (1981)	10.1130/MEM154-p791	MGSA154_791
Alexandra-0122	16.27	15.73	16 ± 0.27	K-Ar	Age for formation of complex	whole rock	NG123		19843	Colquiri Mine, Colquiri, Inquisivi Province, La Paz, Bolivia	Colquiri mine	Grant et al. (1979)	10.2113/gsecongeo.74.4.838	EG74_838
Alexandra-0123	16.6	16	16.3 ± 0.3	K-Ar	Age for formation of complex	whole rock	NG123		19843	Colquiri Mine, Colquiri, Inquisivi Province, La Paz, Bolivia	Colquiri mine	Grant et al. (1979)	10.2113/gsecongeo.74.4.838	EG74_838

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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