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

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

mindat Locality ID: 159570
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-159570.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Caracoles District, Inquisivi Province, La Paz, Bolivia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Caracoles Mine
Laracota Mine
Pacuni Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K O P S Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCovelliteDigeniteMica
NickelineNonePyriteQuartzRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStibnite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2626225910,259129052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1259101966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31259101935
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO22626325910,25911,259125171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22626225910,2591227198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS26261259124165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S26261259121027
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)2626125912551
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1259102740
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2262612591217380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22626225910,2591239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81259109056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22626225910,2591261156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)26261259124894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1259106417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2626225910,2591221482
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS32626125912297


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Kaitlynn000019262626K-Arage of sulphidegalenaCR-297  Galena  159569Pacuni Mine, Caracoles District, Inquisivi Province, La Paz, BoliviaPacuniTilton et al. (1981)10.1130/MEM154-p791MGSA154_791 

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