Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pacuni Mine, Caracoles District, Inquisivi Province, La Paz, Bolivia

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

mindat Locality ID: 159569
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-159569.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pacuni Mine, Caracoles District, Inquisivi Province, La Paz, 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.

Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Covellite	Digenite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite

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 Bi Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si Sn W Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Covellite Digenite Mica None Pyrite Quartz
Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*
Ferberite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Wittichenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	26	26	9052
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	26	26	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	26	26	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	26	26	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	26	26	1027
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	26	26	551
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	26	26	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	26	26	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	26	26	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	26	26	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	26	26	21482
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	26	26	297

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
	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

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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