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Locality Name:
Pacajes Province, La Paz, Bolivia

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

mindat Locality ID: 14509
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14509.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pacajes Province, La Paz, Bolivia": 31
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Berenguela District
Callapa
Caquiaviri
Cerro San Gerónimo
Corocoro

Latitude: 17°17'37"S
Longitude: 68°42'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.293611111111,-68.7

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Amorphous	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Connellite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Domeykite	Enargite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite	hauchecornite

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 F Fe H K Mn Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Amorphous Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Clay
Connellite Copper Corundum Covellite Digenite Domeykite Enargite Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite
Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite hauchecornite

54 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Algodonite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Connellite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Domeykite ()*	Enargite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Freieslebenite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Greenockite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hauchecornite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Malachite ()*	Maucherite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wurtzite ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			3	26044,26045,26047	2793
Algodonite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu_1-xAs_x (x ≈ 0.15)	45	45	1	26057	41
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	26056	966
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	45	45	1	26068	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	45	45	1	26069	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	45	45	2	26057,26066	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	45	45	6	26044,26057,26058,26063,26064,26069	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	45	45	3	26047,26056,26057	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	45	45	2	26045,26069	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	45	45	2	26057,26063	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	45	45	2	26044,26066	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	45	45	2	26057,26060	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	45	45	2	26045,26068	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	45	45	9	26044,26051,26054,26057,26058,26063,26064,26065,26069	5707
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	45	45	1	26057	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			3	26044,26045,26056	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			1	26045	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	45	45	1	26063	3531
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	45	45	1	26057	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	45	45	8	26049,26051,26052,26057,26059,26064,26066,26069	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	45	45	3	26045,26058,26065	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	45	45	7	26051,26057,26058,26063,26064,26066,26069	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	26043	1027
Domeykite ()*	Domeykite	Cu₃As	45	45	3	26057,26059,26069	73
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄			1	26056	910
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	45	45	1	26057	9617
Freieslebenite ()*	None	AgPbSbS₃			3	26044,26045,26048	105
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	45	45	11	26041,26044,26045,26046,26047,26048,26049,26056,26057,26068,26069	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	26056	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS			5	26044,26045,26046,26048,26049	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	45	45	5	26044,26057,26063,26066,26068	6890
Hauchecornite ()*	hauchecornite	Ni₉BiSbS₈			2	26044,26046	27
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	45	45	1	26064	14640
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	45	45	1	26057	784
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			3	26044,26045,26049	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	45	45	11	26043,26044,26051,26054,26057,26058,26063,26064,26065,26066,26069	12537
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈			1	26044	161
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂			2	26044,26045	300
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			4	26042,26044,26047,26056	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	26048	2994
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]			1	26047	249
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]			2	26045,26047	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃			1	26044	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			4	26042,26044,26047,26056	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	45	45	6	26045,26047,26056,26059,26064,26068	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	26048	1711
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	45	45	5	26043,26044,26057,26059,26064	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			7	26044,26045,26046,26047,26048,26049,26056	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄			3	26044,26045,26046	586
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS			3	26044,26045,26046	332
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			5	26044,26045,26046,26048,26049	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	45	45	2	26057,26066	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	45	45	1	26057	5317
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS			1	26041	372

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
sedcu-00054	45	45	L. Tertiary	Cu	132305	Callapa, Pacajes Province, La Paz, Bolivia	Callapa	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107
sedcu-00052	45	45	Eocene	Cu	4555	Corocoro, Pacajes Province, La Paz, Bolivia	Corocoro	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107
sedcu-00050	45	45	L. Tertiary	Cu	11784	Maríe Elena Mine (Elena; Helena; Victoria), Corocoro, Pacajes Province, La Paz, Bolivia	San Silvestre	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107
sedcu-00053	45	45	L. Tertiary	Cu	135092	Veta Verde Mine, Corocoro, Pacajes Province, La Paz, Bolivia	Veta Verde	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060487	Porvenir Mine, Corocoro, Pacajes Province, La Paz, Bolivia	https://rruff.info/R060487

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