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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:
Mt Chacaltaya, Murillo Province, La Paz, Bolivia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 211
Youngest recorded age at locality: 211

mindat Locality ID: 190765
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-190765.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mt Chacaltaya, Murillo Province, La Paz, Bolivia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Don Carlos Mine
Kala Uya Mine
Victoria 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: As Bi C Ca Cu F Fe Ni O Pb S Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Bi Ca Cu F Fe O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteFluoriteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteStibnite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS21121109052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi21121101966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S321121101935
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2226018,260195171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2211211027198
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF221121109617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS211211024243
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS211211126017767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2211211039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S821121109056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2211211061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2112111260176417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS211211021482


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
Kaitlynn000013211211211K-Arage of sulphidechalcopyriteCR-22  Chalcopyrite  36063Don Carlos Mine, Mt Chacaltaya, Murillo Province, La Paz, BoliviaDon CarlosTilton et al. (1981)10.1130/MEM154-p791MGSA154_791 

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