Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Maria-Teresa Mine, Huari, Avaroa Province, Oruro, Bolivia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 35
Youngest recorded age at locality: 35

mindat Locality ID: 15681
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15681.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maria-Teresa Mine, Huari, Avaroa Province, Oruro, Bolivia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Arsenolamprite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Melonite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Berndtite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Herzenbergite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Ottemannite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Romarchite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*

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 C Cu Fe H K O S Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Cu Fe H K O S Si Sn Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenolamprite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Melonite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite
Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stannite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	35	35	9052
Berndtite ()*	Melonite	SnS₂	35	35	11
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	35	35	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	35	35	27198
Herzenbergite ()*	Arsenolamprite	SnS	35	35	35
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	35	35	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	35	35	17380
Ottemannite ()*	None	Sn₂S₃	35	35	4
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	35	35	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	35	35	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	35	35	61156
Romarchite ()*	None	SnO	35	35	13
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	35	35	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	35	35	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	35	35	668

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedcu-00061	35	35	Oligocene							Yes			Cu	33367	Avaroa Province, Oruro, Bolivia	Avaroa	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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