Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Challapata, Avaroa Province, Oruro, Bolivia

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

mindat Locality ID: 157116
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157116.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Challapata, Avaroa Province, Oruro, Bolivia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cebadillas-Pequereque
San Bernardino Deposit (Pederson Project)

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.

Alunite	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Stibnite

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 Au Cu Fe H K N O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Mica None Pyrite Quartz
Stibnite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Ammoniojarosite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Stibnite ()*

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
Ammoniojarosite ()*	Alunite	(NH₄)Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	35	35	1	26126	30
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	35	35	1	26127	9052
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	35	35	1	26127	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	35	35	1	26127	27198
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	35	35	1	26127	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	35	35	1	26126	14640
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	35	35	1	26127	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	35	35	1	26127	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	35	35	1	26127	61156
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	35	35	1	26127	3418

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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